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ca. 1750-1756 (made)
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Place of origin

An engraved trade card for Maydwell and Windle cut-glass manufacturers and retailers. The image on the trade cards depicts the Royal Warrant above a cartouche and, in the lower half, scenes from cut-glass manufacture. It is also adorned with various cut-glass products including chandeliers, candelabra and glasses.

Object details

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Materials and techniques
Engraving and etching
Brief description
Print by Robert Clee, trade card for Maydwell and Windles, engraving and etching, ca. 1750-1756
Physical description
An engraved trade card for Maydwell and Windle cut-glass manufacturers and retailers. The image on the trade cards depicts the Royal Warrant above a cartouche and, in the lower half, scenes from cut-glass manufacture. It is also adorned with various cut-glass products including chandeliers, candelabra and glasses.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 27.8cm
  • Cut to width: 19.2cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1997
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Young, Hilary. An eighteenth-century London glass-cutter's trade card. Apollo, Febuary 1998. pp. 41-46
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1997
Collection
Accession number
E.858-1997

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Record createdApril 8, 2009
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