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Beaker

1550-60 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Beaker, Enamelled glass, France, 1550-60

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Enamelled and gilt, diamond point engraved glass
Brief description
Beaker, Enamelled glass, France, 1550-60
Dimensions
  • Height: 17cm
  • Foot diameter: 9.8cm
  • Rim to rim diameter: 8.2cm
measured 16/04/2021
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'FERME CUER' & 'COTRE FORTUNE' ; 'JE SUIS A VOUS'

    Note
    decoration; French; Inscribed on two white scrolls & incised on a gilded ground

    Translation
    'Good courage' 'Against fortune' 'I am yours'

  • Found in a hole behind the ivey in Stokecurci Castle

    Note
    Textual information; English; on the foot; Diamond-point engraving

    Translation
    Stogursey, Somerset

Gallery label
Decorated with a man with a sword and a woman holding a heart. The inscriptions translate as 'Good courage against yours', and 'I am yours' This object has been dated to the middle of the 16th century by the costumes the two figures are wearing.
Credit line
Wilfred Buckley Collection
Production
Considered by Buckley to have been produced in the same glasshouse as a goblet in the BM, reg.no.S824
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Suzanne Gaynor 'French enamelled glass of the Renaissance' Journal of Glass Studies Vol.33 1991 cat.No 14
  • See object info file
  • Émailler le verre à la Renaissance - Sur les traces des artistes verriers entre Venise et France p.211
Other number
8489 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Accession number
C.260-1936

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
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