Maker:
Unknown; glassworks
Category:
glass
Name(s):
dram glass
drinking glasses; category
Other Name:
firing glass
Date:
circa 1775
Period(s):
late 18th century; George III
Description:
Lead glass. Funnel-shaped bowl with an engraved peacock and a stag's head. Rudimentary stem containing opaque twists (multi-ply corkscrew/double spiral bands). A terraced-conical foot, much thicker than usual.
Production
Place:
England
Production
Place (legacy):
England, glassworks, country
Technique(s):
blowing; bowl
engraving; decoration
Material:
lead-glass; whole
Technique
Description:
bowl blown, with engraved decoration
Dimension(s):
height, whole, 3 3/8, in
diameter, whole, 2 7/8, in
Acquisition:
bequeathed; 1933; Valentine-Richards, Alfred Valentine, The Rev.
Provenance:
unknown before testator
Acquisition Credit:
The Rev. A.V. Valentine-Richards Bequest
Documentation:
Poole, Julia E.. Bequests from Two Cambridge Collectors, The Reverend Alfred Valentine Valentine-Richards MA (1866-1933) and Donald H. Beves MA (1896-1961).
Source Title: Glass Collectors and their Collections in Museums in Great Britain(1999)
p. pp. 49-55
Ref. The Reverend Alfred Valentine Valentine-Richards MA (1866-1933), pp. 49-55
Accession:
Object Number: C/G.133-1933
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 25731; input: 2001-03-30; modified: 2012-01-16)
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