The Darnell Service
Wear Flint Glass Company, 1812–1825
This is an engraved armorial cut-glass table service comprising of 413 pieces and produced at the zenith of the Wear Flint Glass Works in Sunderland. The drinking glasses are engraved with the Darnell crest of a cock pheasant with a falcon's leg erased at the thigh. It is thought that the service was a present for Robert and Jane Darnell's wedding but not completed until a few years after their wedding in 1812.
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Title of artwork, date
The Darnell Service, 1812–1825
Date supported
2005
Medium and material
Glass
Dimensions
Various
Grant
10062
Total cost
43750

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