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Description: | Artist: Unknown, glassmaker; Date(s): circa 1740 - 1750; Classification(s): glass, goblet, blown, clear glass, cut and wheel-engraved decoration, facetted stem and bowl; Acquisition: bequeathed by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio, 1950, Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991. [C.355-1991]
Description: Clear glass, cut and wheel-engraved. Facetted ogee bowl; facetted baluster stem with basal collar; circular foot. Decorated on the front with two men in armour all' antica clasping hands, standing above an oval panel containing an inscription in German relating to David and Jonathan. On either side there are small landscapes in which a hound is chasing a hare, surrounded by scrolls, strapwork, swags, etc. The rim is encircled by a border of scallops. The underside of the foot is cut with a circle of radiating ellipses, and engraved on the top edge with scallops. | 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 glass goblet | Temporal: | name=mid-18th Century; start=1740; 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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