Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10723
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Roman and other ancient glass
Date
1849
Creator
J R Jobbins (British) , Lithographer
After
John Strudwich (British) , Artist
Object type
Library reference
22201
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (painting): 215mm
width (painting): 150mm
width (painting): 150mm
Subject
Description
Ten figures of ancient Roman glass with other specimens from the collections of the British Museum.
Plate 3 from the book Curiosities of glass making with details of the processes and productions of ancient and modern ornamental glass manufacture by Apsley Pellatt (David Bogue, London, 1849).
Inscribed: “PLATE 3. ANCIENT GLASS. 1.2.3.4. Roman Fragments. 5.6.7.8.9.10. Ancient Fragments in the British Museum. J.R.Jobbins. John Strudwich, del.” The author noted within accompanying text that: “Dr Faraday...kindly examined a piece of this fragment [figure 3], proved that it softened by the blow-pipe...” Michael Faraday FRS (1791-1867) used the Apsley Pellatt & Company’s Falcon Works factory to aid in his researches into optical glass during the 1830s.
Apsley Pellatt (1791-1863) was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Royal Society in 1851. He was a British glassware manufacturer in the family company of Pellatt and Green, later renamed Apsley Pellatt & Co. He was MP for Southwark.
Plate 3 from the book Curiosities of glass making with details of the processes and productions of ancient and modern ornamental glass manufacture by Apsley Pellatt (David Bogue, London, 1849).
Inscribed: “PLATE 3. ANCIENT GLASS. 1.2.3.4. Roman Fragments. 5.6.7.8.9.10. Ancient Fragments in the British Museum. J.R.Jobbins. John Strudwich, del.” The author noted within accompanying text that: “Dr Faraday...kindly examined a piece of this fragment [figure 3], proved that it softened by the blow-pipe...” Michael Faraday FRS (1791-1867) used the Apsley Pellatt & Company’s Falcon Works factory to aid in his researches into optical glass during the 1830s.
Apsley Pellatt (1791-1863) was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Royal Society in 1851. He was a British glassware manufacturer in the family company of Pellatt and Green, later renamed Apsley Pellatt & Co. He was MP for Southwark.
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