Collection of Glass

Various

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

circa 1718 - circa 1800

A collection of 21 pieces of glass including various wine glasses; ale glasses; a goblet engraved with a birth scene and inscribed 'WELKOM TWYFELLAAR'; a Rummer, or incurved bucket bowl engraved with the Nelson funeral car and 'TRAFALGAR & NILE' with 'LORD NELSON, Jany 9 1806'; and a miniature decanter containing a figure in blue glass of the Devil with horns and a tail in red glass, he is carrying a pitchfork and over his shoulder is a still smaller figure of Napoleon, circa 1800.

• Medium: glass
• Dimensions: various
• ArtFunded in: 2003
• Presented by John and Evelyn Barbirolli through The Art Fund

Provenance

various

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