Foundation Slab
1824 (made)
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| Place of origin |
There is an inscription in Greek and English.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | encased enamel inscription |
| Brief description | Slab of clear glass with an incrusted inscription written in black glass paint relating to the laying of the foundation stone of Edward Irving's church in Regent's Square, London, byt the Duke of Clarence (later William IV). English, London, 1824. |
| Physical description | There is an inscription in Greek and English. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed in Hebrew and Greek with a text from the Bible (Isiah XXVI.18) and in English: 'The first stone of this church was laid on the first day of July MDCCCXXIV (=1824) by His Royal Highness William Henry Duke of Clarence & St Andrews', followed by 'Edward Irving M.A. Minister William Dinwiddie Elder William Tite Architect Incrusted by Pellats & Green'
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| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology |
| Bibliographic reference | See A Pellat: Curiosities of Glass, 1849, p. 30-31 for a description of these foundation plaques. |
| Other number | 7783 - Glass gallery number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 4522-1901 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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