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
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.
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.
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