Wine Glass
1580 (dated)
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Wine glass in clear glass with brownish tint, shallow bowl, short stem with knob with mould-blown ribbing, on a tall trumpet-shaped foot. Diamond-point engraved with the initials AF and the date 1580.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Diamond point engraved glass |
| Brief description | Wine glass, England (probably London), probably engraved by Anthony de Lysle at Verzelini's glass house, 1580 |
| Physical description | Wine glass in clear glass with brownish tint, shallow bowl, short stem with knob with mould-blown ribbing, on a tall trumpet-shaped foot. Diamond-point engraved with the initials AF and the date 1580. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | engraved with the initials 'A.F' and the date '1580' (Decoration) |
| Credit line | Wilfred Buckley Collection |
| Object history | Coll. Horace Walpole #469; when sold in the Hailstone coll. this glass was described as having been presented by Lady Georgina Smythe to Horace Wallpole (See cat. of 'Strawberry Hill' sale). Bought by Buckley at Symonds Ha..way street for £ 2.10.0 |
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| Other number | 8480 - Glass gallery number |
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| Accession number | C.522-1936 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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