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Object Type
Museum number: 1880,0617.15
Description: Cup and cover; glass; thistle-shaped body on ribbed baluster stem; cover with double dome and ribbed knop; body and cover painted in enamels with foliate design and ornamented with applied blue and yellow strawberry bosses; brown and white birds on body below two applied pincered bands around shoulders.
Production date: 16thC(late) (?)
Production place: Made in: Hall in Tirol (possibly)
Materials: glass; enamel
Technique: applied; pincered; enamelled
Dimensions: Height: 30.20 centimetres
Curator's comments: The stem and foot are replacements. The glass has been attributed to Spain, but the attribution is uncertain.
Bibliographic references: Frothingham 1941 / Hispanic Glass with examples in the collection of The Hispanic Society of America (fig. 48 and p. 57); Dawson 2001 / A short survey of Spanish glass in the British Museum (p. 164)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: bird; fruit; plant
Acquisition name: Purchased through: Miss Whitehead; Purchased through: Christie's
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1880
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1880,0617.15

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