Panel
1600-1699 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
The letters 'IHS', or the sacred monogram, is the contracted name of Jesus Christ in Greek - 'Iesous Christos'.
In the middle of the period 1500-1600 new techniques for producing decorated glass were introduced. Glass painters used paints known as 'enamels' to paint directly onto the glass, similar to painting onto a canvas. The colours were produced by adding metallic oxides to a ground glass (frit) mixture and the resulting colour range included the delicate pinks, reds and purples shown here.
In the middle of the period 1500-1600 new techniques for producing decorated glass were introduced. Glass painters used paints known as 'enamels' to paint directly onto the glass, similar to painting onto a canvas. The colours were produced by adding metallic oxides to a ground glass (frit) mixture and the resulting colour range included the delicate pinks, reds and purples shown here.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Stained glass |
| Brief description | Stained glass fragment, black glass with blue and red, and yellow stain, English, 17th century |
| Physical description | Fragment of black glass with blue and red and yellow stain. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr. Grosvenor Thomas |
| Summary | The letters 'IHS', or the sacred monogram, is the contracted name of Jesus Christ in Greek - 'Iesous Christos'. In the middle of the period 1500-1600 new techniques for producing decorated glass were introduced. Glass painters used paints known as 'enamels' to paint directly onto the glass, similar to painting onto a canvas. The colours were produced by adding metallic oxides to a ground glass (frit) mixture and the resulting colour range included the delicate pinks, reds and purples shown here. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.422-1915 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2002 |
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