Accession No

0247

Brief Description

Claude Lorraine glass, 1800 (c)

Origin

Maker

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1800

Inscription Date

Material

glass; fishskin; cloth (silk, velvet); metal (gold); wood

Dimensions

case length 172mm; breadth 150mm; depth 20mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from T. H. Court on 08/10/1925. It was formerly part of the Crisp Collection.

Inscription

Description Notes

Claude Lorraine glass, 1800 (c)

Dark mirror with slight convex curve in fitted box. Box covered with fishskin, gold tooling and lined with blue silk. Metal ring and hook fastenings.

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