Collection of Glass
Various
- Art Funded
- 2003
- Dimensions
- Various
- Presented by
- John and Evelyn Barbirolli through The Art Fund
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.
Provenance
various