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nt.a an tic,nwid, :-a.:I • ·Li.1)11 of w11tk liy tt1u
roportlon r or sHlc. Su11dC;r c,11 of
pen daily <1 •• rn .. ~ .30 (Thur. u l l 7 .oo,
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• 1887, t of Qu ' Jubi 1 , produc d a
f Comm m Jn bot gl a than any other
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• 0 lud’n” et hcd old-le – 1r
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Tl e glasses sh0w various formc; o – ECOta ton 1
b . . n.r<> 11 · l d t Scrr1•· of le- \>J .<..<·sat " th typical Venetian ename co our o ,;. .. J • I • • rt d Lh't unfvrt1111P.t-ly th ,J, ' produce vertlcal ribbing. t 1~ r1µ0 n: .
iorating and fla!ring after exposure, and dt cr1on1.t1on continu<=--; d • pi l<
ation of a 15% ~olution of polyvinyl ac ~te in a~cton • }uclh~r prol
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APRIL POOL 11 .. NO SERIOUSLY..... The followit1f., ntcy app Jt jn Llw "1.'ll li•t:ton,
Encyclopedia, Victoriar, o Art DE>co” (Collins 1 1974) “v”. eline l c I< 'y
yellow, semi-translucent glass with o11y appcarancl' of va cl in ; d-vtlop, rl in I' Lh
century po~
ibly in I-nrnc . .:iometime::s ~;•Jrfacc-decorat: r< c lv"
ca•ents on the usage and substantiation offthls term from our m mb r (rddr. nlwvl),
WELCClt! TO EW MEMBERS Elected since Jan. 1. t 1977 .:ir ; Ir . 1. c,> 11 in ton
(London), Miss E.F. Haywood (Cambridge), Mr S.L.Hend 1 CIO (Abcrd n) llcrr und
Frau W. Hiep (Manzweg,Germany), Mr L.K. Thompsou (fJarliT’! tc,n), r • Rimm r
(London), Hr J.W.D. McIntyre (Windsor), M1=N. Broadllur c(Buul•i h alter 01),
Mr D. Morris ey (County Galway), and Mr P. Laytou ( L ndon) •
••• AND FAREWELL TO OLD FRI D W nr sad to
Spiers of London N.W. 11 last month. Hew wc-.1
r. p r he death vf Dt r:taud
glass for medical use. His wife, al. o a rr mb r,
known for his coll ction of
di d a1.>ou t two year ago.
SOME RECENT GLASS BOOKS
SCOTI’ISH AD JACOIHTE GLASS -Arnold Fle ng, EP Pul>lishi g L’m· cd (1977) J .’>0.
Reprint of th 1938 Edn. pp326, pl S7. A cc.•py h b ‘vtd for rev w.*
I TER ATIO AL HODER GLASS -G offrey Bard, Barde & Jc,r.kin (1970),
pp 261, pl 344, £16.50.
VICTORIAN GLASS -Ceoffrcr Will·, G. Bell & Son
THE OBSERVER’S BOOK Of GASS -Mary and G~offr
(1976),
pp 192, pl 103, £0.90.
(1976). 90
Payt , F ~d
I i 3 £
6.
0
‘ ck Wat’n C,
EMILE GALLE -Philippe Garner, Acade y dition, s 15.00.
*Copies of books received for revi w will, aft r
Clas Circle Library. The Glass Circl Corrmlt
of this new ervice to membP.rs early int au
•
b deposit d fn the
to annour.c d tails
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·rn- CECIL HIGGINS ART ,ALL -RY, AEOFIJRD
n,,.. “Cecil lliggins” i, part 1o 1J ..irl:, n Led to gl on1.. of the
fin~
collections ir• tJ.e ~o:.mLt-J. Ihc opPn· 6 e,f iU n.-,.., r 630 o exl n.,ioc1 1 the t,elte to displ.:.y tliL ,n J c.,t,,er trcasur_.,; 1 ic; ,.. p, r i ‘1l r aus or
rejoid.ng. W-z
n k.ed the Cr, LQt. 1i. s HJlin Cru rt, tc 11 us .iboul it.
‘The ,allery was oundt;;d 1
,) ~:~-. r <:•: Hi,b.,;_,,!:, a loc.i hri--••,.,Er. He. it. in L9t~
lea ing i~is colle,.tion, pr ncii, 1
t) c.er~ .,ic.s ~nd . la.:,.:., to n:s rru te: s to
with ,,n c-ndowment for
Lhe: avpis.ition of fu th1cr :.·h:L1t.s uf nati,1n 1 /,portanc
Th extension compri~Ec.:, twJ iarc-c di~ lay area~. he
·oll clion o ngU. 1
water-colours, one of th finc~t in Brita..:.n, rr.odern i-,rints and as I .ction u
furn 1tur are displayed i th. gruu d floor gall ry. Tic c 1~mlcs d gla~s
are exhibited in the first floor ~al cry and Etich of Lh~s oll ction· ha·
main sections: a primary, thLMatic
~lspl·1 and :po dJry, hron logi J
in lly, pol
succ s almo
and the pat The
most
interesting pi c s includ n ·t:ian mi 1 • fiori
t, signed and dated; Dutch engravc•d pi.cc s by Zc 11 van
ob San and prc,bably David Wolff; Engli:,h priv
l
.u111Delled by William and Mary Bcilby. The or
xample by George Ravlmscro ft, f t 0,,,,tl
l 18th C , and Jacobite and Anti-JricoLit er 0r·v 1 •It …..
the development of Engli h and lri l ~t”‘ s fro 1
early 20th C Amcri an an1 Fren h la. (T·r
t of a display Jcvotcd to items o( c.. ,1lll
ed from the Handley-Read Coll cti in.
di play of the cerrunics and gla.
Later Antiquities, Briti h 1 ::.l:u Th
, Form rly Senior Mu
cia ion)
h • lu trious (and
irst brou b over
d to teal. h th
in the Su sex
1ndow glass
by
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·!t:~L·r,, foe l’ic fir~t ci~t.
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a pha3is on c~e ~
p .s • I, !:Ind a un ,
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p
r ry and .ne:t.Jl fr
3r lo e cablish L
frorr t!,e: Medi terrai..
Lh cl"' C
glass b g:111 to,. '):.S into
s11l
two- d v sscl curved from olid h ocl<. uf g 3s::.
yl etaJ ut n i'.'.:>.
2nd exp nslun of continentd1 1,s indu rir
blue or greeni h fl Rsk~
i Ii par ri l>Lc..d ir
1 ant applied handl
r. Th pnctical ::r,uan: t(>
nd 150 .D. when Roman bot LJL glass indu.,Lrle
dt ng of initials, concentric dn &i1tl, in
of a two-handled ve se l ind i c–1 te m.mu f ac tll r(> ·, o
ontalner and pre~ nt <111 intriguing a~1· cl of
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d bottl do not dppcar to ar.r • mai i 11
h istence of small glasshou~l.:.: in l<.:,.1ci1,
--~-- B ds and bangle_, 1..5t.:i 1 • LUn r. • find
med bottle glass o 'erl. 1.d wit 1 d~ ord
fin er rings have been found
s showing m) 111010 i
fl1:cting the mi r ti,
ent ing glad
i.l tor
Ha(lri
n W.J l l.
d t,y cl inc
in a r ni h g d
1 th 1
o no only thf' oman
u lfully di pla d at th
hibi ic,n '' ,. th of the Rom n Wor d •




