English Beadwork Basket, with elaborate design in opaque and clear glass beads with name: Sarah Gurnall, August 24 Anno 1659. Possibly a Christening present. Part of a donation of 16 gifts and 1 bequest to five museums by the Brigadier Clark Fund through the Art Fund between 1936 and 1992.
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Title of artwork, date
Beadwork Basket, 1659
Date supported
1936
Medium and material
Beadwork
Gifted by
Brigadier Clark Fund
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