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Description: | Artist: Unknown, glassmaker; Date(s): circa 1730 - 1750; Classification(s): glass, wine glass, blown, clear glass, cut and wheel-engraved; Acquisition: bequeathed by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio, 1950, Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991. [C.359-1991]
Description: Clear glass, cut and wheel-engraved. Thistle-shaped bowl with facetted lower part; stem comprimising a cut knop and a cut baluster with basal collar; plain circular foot. The bowl is decorated with two hands clasping a covered cup below a sun inscribed above in a semi-circle 'Das Glas zerbricht die freund schaft nicht'. On the reverse there is a basket of flowers on a stand flanked by small oval medallions containing hunting scenes. These motifs are enclosed and linked by strap-work, foliated scrolls, swags, canopies, baskets and vases of flowers. The lower part of the bowl is decorated with scallops and small disks. On the foot there is a circle of foliated C scrolls and an edging of triangles. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | Unknown wine glass glass | Temporal: | name=mid 18th Century; start=1730; end=1750 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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