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Wine Glass

1770 - 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Giles, James (decorated by)
Place of origin
England (made)
London (made)

Stem: faceted; Bowl: pointed

Object details

Categories
Glass
Drinking
Object type
Wine glass
Materials and techniques
cut and gilt
Brief description
Wine glass, England (probably London), probably decorated by James Giles, 1770-80
Physical description
Stem: faceted; Bowl: pointed
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.3cm
  • Greatest width width: 6.7cm
Style
BRITAIN
Gallery label
Decorated with laurel festoons and wheel-like medallions and bucrania
Credit line
Given by Francis Buckley, Esq.
Bibliographic reference
English glassware to 1900 - C. Truman (1984) pl.21 Illus. in The Queen (The Collector article Old English Glass III - Glasses with cut stems) Feb. 14 1914
Other number
9180 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.108-1914

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O2124/wine-glass-giles-james/
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