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Glass, Room 131

Drinking Glass

ca. 1690 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Foot: folded; Stem: plain; Knop: lobed; Bowl: round bucket


Object details

Object type
Materials and techniques
reddish-purple glass with cold-painted inscription
Brief description
Drinking glass, probably Irish, John Odacio's glasshouse, Dublin, ca.1690
Physical description
Foot: folded; Stem: plain; Knop: lobed; Bowl: round bucket
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.4cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'God Bless King William And Queen Mary' (cold-painted)
Object history
Exhibition of English Glass Catalogue, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1968 (Box XI 1.F.10). Cat. no. 39

See object information file for full text of notes supporting attribution by Colin and Susan Brain to the Dublin glasshouse of the Altarese glassmaker, John Odacio (5th July, 2014), including colour photographs of unpublished fragments excavated on the site of John Odacio's late 17th century glasshouse in Smithfield, Dublin by Franc Myles, 2003.
Bibliographic references
  • R J Charleston, English Glass (1984) pl.31a
  • Glass of the Alchemists, Corning Museum of Glass exhibition 2008 catalogue, edited by Dedo von Kressenbrock-Krosigk
Other number
9015 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Accession number
C.14-1966

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
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