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These cups belong to a set including a bottle bearing an extremely rare crest lightly incised into the gold vase from which flowers extend across its body (C.143-1936). This allows it to be dated to the early 18th century. The crest, a horse's head and crown, has been identified as that of John Deane, an English colonial administrator went on to hold the post of the English East India Company's President of Bengal from 1723 to 1726, and again from 1728 to 1732. He indulged in private trading which gave him a considerable income. Contemporary records record that he requested extra dinner and table allowances to meet his obligations to host members of the Company's Council, and it is probable that this bottle and its related cups and salver (C.140-1936, C.141-1936 and C.142-1936) were acquired by him during this period. Scientific analysis demonstrates that the glass is English; at this time, imported lump glass and ingots were beng exported from England to India, including Bengal and refashioned for the local markets. The precise place of manufacture cannot be given with certainty, but it could have been made in a Calcutta workshop, or in Patna or Lucknow which were both known glass-making centres.","physicalDescription":"Cobalt blue with painted gilt floral decoration.","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"glass","id":"AAT10797"}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Glass, cobalt blue and painted gilt","categories":[{"text":"Drinking","id":"THES48965"},{"text":"Glass","id":"THES48946"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SSEA","id":"THES48598"},"images":["2006BF3115","2017JW4787"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"41","id":"THES49810"},"free":"","case":"17A","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Cup","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Lucknow","id":"x32012"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"Another possible centre of production is Patna."}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"c. 1700-1730","earliest":"1695-01-01","latest":"1730-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"C.141-1936","id":"O155880"},"association":""}],"creditLine":"Wilfred Buckley Collection","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"7.3","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"4.3","unit":"cm","qualifier":"max.","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"CUP: Cobalt blue with gilt floral decoration, Calcutta, Patna or Lucknow, c. 1700-1730.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Skelton, Robert, et al, <i>The Indian Heritage. 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This is the crest of John Deane, who served as the English East India Company’s President of Bengal in the early 18th century. His two periods of office were from 1723 to 1726, and 1728 to 1732. The set was probably made in Bengal, though little is known of the history and main centres of glass-production in India.\r\n","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null}},{"text":"CUP: Cobalt blue with gilt floral decoration, Mughal, early 18th century.","date":{"text":"Nehru Gallery 2001","earliest":"2001-01-01","latest":"2001-12-31"}}],"partNumbers":["C.140-1936"],"accessionNumberNum":"140","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":1936,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-03-23","recordCreationDate":"2008-06-12","availableToBook":false}}