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drinking glass; goblet

Accession number: 80.547/4
Producer: Whitefriars Glass Ltd
Production date: 1972
Material: glass
Measurements: H 158 mm; DM (base) 79mm; DM (rim) 86 mm
Museum Section: Decorative Art
Summary: Goblet in Flint (colourless) glass produced to commemorate the Silver Wedding of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in 1972. Bucket shaped bowl on a solid ball knop and blown trumpet foot. The bowl sandblasted with the commemorative inscription "SILVER WEDDING . 20 NOV 1947 - 1972. / E & P". For another two goblets see 80.547/5 and 80.547/11 and for two tankards and a gobelt with an inverted baluster stem with the same inscription see 80.547/13, 80.547/16 and 80.547/19 respectively.
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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