Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10726
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Specimens of fused coloured glass and a Chinese vase
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
Eight figures of ancient coloured glass, including a yellow Chinese vase.
Plate 6 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 6. 1. Venetian Ball. 2. Millefiore. 3.4.5. Roman Fragments. 6. Artificial Sardonyx. 7. Roman Mosaic Gem. 8. Chinese Glass.” Artist and lithographer are not noted on the plate.
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 6 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 6. 1. Venetian Ball. 2. Millefiore. 3.4.5. Roman Fragments. 6. Artificial Sardonyx. 7. Roman Mosaic Gem. 8. Chinese Glass.” Artist and lithographer are not noted on the plate.
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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