Dish
ca. 1760 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Object Type
After the perfection of wheel-cut table glass by the mid-18th century, small sweetmeat dishes began to form an essential part of the dessert table.
Retailers & Trading
Glass retailers in London and elsewhere fuelled the market for luxury products by supplying expensive cut glass dessert wares. The trade card of the London glassman Colebron Hancock, for example, illustrated dishes similar to these, also apparently with elaborate ormolu mounts. Glass 'manufacturers' like Hancock would buy glass blanks from neighbouring glasshouses, cut them and have them mounted in ormolu (gilt bronze ornament) for sale to the top end of the market. Despite their solid construction and apparent resistence to breakage, extremely few of these mounted dishes have survived.
After the perfection of wheel-cut table glass by the mid-18th century, small sweetmeat dishes began to form an essential part of the dessert table.
Retailers & Trading
Glass retailers in London and elsewhere fuelled the market for luxury products by supplying expensive cut glass dessert wares. The trade card of the London glassman Colebron Hancock, for example, illustrated dishes similar to these, also apparently with elaborate ormolu mounts. Glass 'manufacturers' like Hancock would buy glass blanks from neighbouring glasshouses, cut them and have them mounted in ormolu (gilt bronze ornament) for sale to the top end of the market. Despite their solid construction and apparent resistence to breakage, extremely few of these mounted dishes have survived.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Lead glass, mounted in gilt bronze |
| Brief description | Dish, one of a pair, England, 1750-1770 |
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| Style | |
| Gallery label | British Galleries:
The technique of cutting glass on a wheel was introduced into England by German and Bohemian craftsmen in the early 18th century. It was used to great effect on the lustrous and refractive English lead glass. Cutting seems to have been used on dessert glass long before it appeared on decanters and other forms of drinking glass.(27/03/2003) |
| Credit line | Wilfred Buckley Collection |
| Object history | Made in England |
| Summary | Object Type After the perfection of wheel-cut table glass by the mid-18th century, small sweetmeat dishes began to form an essential part of the dessert table. Retailers & Trading Glass retailers in London and elsewhere fuelled the market for luxury products by supplying expensive cut glass dessert wares. The trade card of the London glassman Colebron Hancock, for example, illustrated dishes similar to these, also apparently with elaborate ormolu mounts. Glass 'manufacturers' like Hancock would buy glass blanks from neighbouring glasshouses, cut them and have them mounted in ormolu (gilt bronze ornament) for sale to the top end of the market. Despite their solid construction and apparent resistence to breakage, extremely few of these mounted dishes have survived. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.639-1936 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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