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This cup belongs to a set that includes a bottle with an extremely rare crest lightly incised into the gold vase from which flowers extend across its body. The crest, a horse's head and crown, have been identified as those 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, 141 and 142-1936) were made during this period. Scientific analysis has shown the glass to be English; at this time, imported lump glass and ingots were beng exported from England to India, and refashioned for the local market. 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, both known glass-making centres.","physicalDescription":"Glass cup with painted gilt floral decoration","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"glass","id":"AAT10797"}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Glass, cobalt blue with painted gilt decoration","categories":[{"text":"Glass","id":"THES48946"},{"text":"Tableware & cutlery","id":"THES48888"},{"text":"Drinking","id":"THES48965"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SSEA","id":"THES48598"},"images":["2006BF3115"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"41 (VA)","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":"Patna is another possibility."}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"c.1700-1730","earliest":"1695-01-01","latest":"1730-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"C.140-1936","id":"O155877"},"association":""}],"creditLine":"Wilfred Buckley Collection","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"7","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"CUP: Cobalt blue with gilt floral decoration, probably Lucknow or Patna, c. 1700-1730.","historicalContext":"From the Wilfred Buckley Collection of glass, given by Mrs. Buckley in memory of her husband.","briefDescription":"Cup. Cobalt blue with gilt floral decoration, probably Lucknow or Patna, c. 1700-1730.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Susan Stronge, in The Indian Heritage. Court Life and Arts under Mughal Rule, V&A, 1982, cat. 398, p.126, ISBN 0906969263.\r\nTara Desjardins, 'Patna, Lucknow, and the Curious Crest of John Deane: an Investigation of Two Indian Glass Centers and a Colonial Drinking Set' in The Journal of Glass Studies, Volume 63, 2021, 247-267. Illustrated Fig. 10."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Reino Liefkes, ed., Glass, p. 105."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"floral","id":"AAT10135"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"BOTTLE, TWO CUPS AND A SAUCER\r\nCobalt blue glass with gilt floral decoration\r\nProbably Bengal\r\nc. 1723-32\r\nC.140-1936, C.141-1936, C.142-1936 and C.143-1936 \r\nFrom the William Buckley collection, given by Mrs Buckley in memory of her husband\r\n\r\nA lightly-incised animal head rising from a crown can be seen on the golden vase on the body of the bottle. 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.141-1936"],"accessionNumberNum":"141","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":1936,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-03-23","recordCreationDate":"2008-06-12","availableToBook":false}}