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taperstick

Accession number: 34.139/89
Collection place: Great Britain
Production date: 1720-1750
Material: glass; lead glass
Measurements: H 119 mm; DM (holder; exterior) 20 mm; DM (holder; interior) 12 mm; DM (base) 63 mm; WT 97 gm
Museum Section: Decorative Art
Summary: Taperstick: short straight holder with everted and inturned rim; on ball knop above baluster with collar at top and large tear extending into annular knop and basal cushion knop; on blown domed and terraced foot. One of a pair (but with slight differences in shape of tear), see 34.139/88. Wedge-shaped metal sliver trapped in top ball knop (as on 88): the reason for this is not known.
Location: Object stored at Mortimer Wheeler House (Ceramics and Glass store)

Mortimer Wheeler House, 46 Eagle Wharf Road, London N1 7ED Tel: +44 (0)20 7490 8447 E-mail: ceramics@museumoflondon.org.uk

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