Foundation Slab

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Artist/Maker	Apsley Pellatt & Co. (manufacturer)
Place of origin	London (made)

Foundation slab, clear glass, with encased enamel inscription, England (London), made by Apsley Pellatt, 1842

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Object type	Foundation slab
Materials and techniques	clear glass, with encased enamel inscription Glass
Brief description	Foundation slab, clear glass, with encased enamel inscription, England (London), made by Apsley Pellatt, 1842
Dimensions	Height: 21.5cm Greatest width width: 26.0cm
Style	VICTORIAN
Marks and inscriptions	'This first stone of the new Royal Exchange was laid by [Hi]s Royal Highness the Prince Albert, ..[Co]nsort of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, in the Month of January MDCCCXLII (=1842), and in the [fif]th year of her reign ...[Willi]am Tite Architect, Apsley Pellatt, Glass Encrustator' (encased enamel)
Bibliographic references	A Pellatt, Curiosities of Glass, London, 1849, p. 30-31 for a description of this kind of plaque. Geoffrey Wills, Victorian Glass, London 1976, Pl 2.
Other number	7861 - Glass gallery number
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	4523-1901

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Record created	December 13, 1997
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1099/foundation-slab-apsley-pellatt/

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