Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.20945

    Glassware from Pompeii

    Date
    1880
    Creator
    C. F. Kell (British) , Lithographer
    After
    David Mossman (1825 - 1901, British) , Miniaturist
    Object type
    Library reference
    28424
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 316mm
    width (print): 250 mm
    Subject
    Description
    Twelve specimens of Roman glass excavated from Pompeii, Italy.

    Plate IV in the book A descriptive catalogue of antiquities, chiefly British, at Alnwick Castle, by John Collingwood Bruce (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1880). Inscribed above: ‘PLATE IV’. Inscribed below: ’VESSELS OF GLASS FOUND AT POMPEII. Scale One third of the Original Size. D. Mossman Delt. C.F. Kell Lith.’

    These items are catalogued as nos. 695-707 in the Alnwick Castle collection, with speculations about their uses.

    John Collingwood Bruce (1805-1892) British antiquary.
    Associated place
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