| I. | Syrian or Venetian Glass. Enamelled Beaker of slightly greenish glass with a few elongated bubbles. (H. 71?2 in.) The Virgin and Child enthroned between conventional lilies; on either side an angel holding a tall candle; beyond, the figures of St. Peter and St. Paul. Above, an inscription in Gothic characters—D[=N]IA MATER REGIS ALTISSIMI ORA P PA. From the Adrian Hope collection. End of thirteenth century. British Museum. |
| (Frontispiece.) |
| II. | Unguentaria of Primitive Glass. British Museum. |
| (1) From Gurob, near Illahun, Upper Egypt. (H. 4 in.) Decoration of palm-pattern formed by double drag, on a sard-coloured translucent ground. Nineteenth Dynasty. |
| (2) Amphora-shaped vase. (H. 53?8 in.) Pattern formed by simple drag, on opaque red ground. The body apparently turned on wheel. Handles of green transparent glass. Said to come from the Ionian Islands. |
| (3) Small Jug of OenochoË shape. (H. 51?2 in.) Palm pattern formed by double drag, on dark blue, nearly opaque ground. Provenance uncertain. From the Slade collection. |
| (To face p. 22.) |
| III. | Egyptian Glass Pastes. British Museum. |
| (1) Scarab of dark blue paste with white veins imitating lapis lazuli. (L. 31?2 in.) From Thebes. Later Empire. |
| (2) Vase for cosmetics, in shape of column with papyrus capital. (H. 33?4 in.) Slade collection. |
| (3) Plaque of ‘fused mosaic.’ (L. 31?4 in., about 3?8 in. in thickness.) From the cemetery at Denderah. Ptolemaic period. |
| (To face p. 32.) |
| IV. | (1) Small bottle (‘lachrymatory’). (H. 3 in.) Glass of various colours arranged in wavy lines, and now in part iridescent. Probably from a Greco-Roman tomb. Slade collection. |
| (2) Bowl of thin white glass, finished on the lathe. (Diam. 33?4 in.) Probably from a late Greek tomb. |
| (3) Spherical vase of pale blue transparent glass. (H. 33?8 in.) The mark of the two parts of the mould into which the glass was blown is visible. Decoration of dolphins, fishes, etc., on bands. Probably Roman, first century A.D. Slade collection. 1, 2, and 3, all in British Museum. |
| (To face p. 45.) |
| V. | Two Bowls of Millefiori Roman Glass. Probably Roman, first century A.D. British Museum. |
| (1) Madrepore pattern, in dark purple ground. (Diam. 5 in.) |
| (2) Breccia pattern, in purple ground with white scrolls. From the Durand collection. (Diam. 51?4 in.) |
| (To face p. 50.) |
| VI. | (1) Beaker with oval bosses, formed by blowing into a mould with apertures. (H. 5 in.) Clear white glass. Said to have come from Constantinople. Greco-Roman, first century A.D. |
| (2) Tall-necked flask of pale green transparent glass. (H. 63?4 in.) Maze-like pattern, formed by blowing into mould. Greco-Roman. From Melos. | |
| (3) Small octagonal pyx, or case for cosmetics. (H. 61?4 in.) White opaque glass (but probably originally transparent); blown into mould. From Sidon. Probably first century B.C. 1, 2, and 3, all in British Museum. |
| (To face p. 56.) |
| VII. | Sepulchral Glass From the Syrian Coast (said to come from Mount Carmel). Probably about first century B.C. Pale green glass, with iridescence. British Museum. |
| (1) Vase for cosmetics in shape of double column. (H. 51?4 in.) |
| (2) Vase with six handles. (H. 41?4 in.) |
| (3) Vase with handles and stringings of cobalt-blue. (H. 8 in.) |
| (To face p. 60.) |
| VIII. | Bowl of Olive-Green Glass, carved in high (detached) relief. Mounted on metal stand and with metal rim. Deep red by transmitted light. Subject—The Madness of Lycurgus. Probably Roman, about third or fourth century A.D. From the collection of Lord Rothschild. |
| (To face p. 73.) |
| IX. | Roman Glass from Graves in Britain. British Museum. |
| (1) Jug of pale olive glass, with iridescence. (H. 83?8 in.) From Colchester. |
| (2) Vase of olive-green glass, with two handles, each ending in quilled attachments. (H. 9 in.) From Bayford, near Sittingbourne. |
| (To face p. 86.) |
| X. | Gilt Glass of the Cemeteries. Fifth century A.D. British Museum. |
| (1) Part of a bowl, the sides ornamented with small medallions of gilt glass. Subjects—Adam and Eve, Sacrifice of Isaac, Jonas, the Three Children, Daniel, etc. (Max. dimension, 6 |
| (2) Jug of pale purple glass (H. 8 in.) with pewter lid. Enamelled with a white dog pursuing a red stag and fox. In addition green, blue, and yellow enamels. Dated 1595. From the Slade collection. |
| (To face p. 267.) |
| XLI. | German Glass. Willkomm Humpen. Enamelled in colours with hunting scene, the game being driven into net. About 1600. British Museum. |
| (To face p. 268.) |
| XLII. | German Glass. Covered beaker of clear white glass. (H. with cover 63?4 in.) Engraved with design of amorini dancing among vines. The metal knob of cover is enamelled and gilt, and on the interior button are enamelled the arms of the Archbishop of TrÈves, with the following inscription:—Joan Hugo D.G. Arc. Trev. PR. EL. EP. SP. Early eighteenth century. |
| (To face p. 283.) |
| XLIII. | Dutch Glass. Beaker in the form of a roemer. (H. 9 in.) On the bowl, in medallions, heads symbolising the four seasons, scratched with the diamond. The waist, decorated with berry prunts, showing remains of gilding. On this part is scratched (in English) ‘August the 18th, 1663,’ and the letters W.H.E. between bay branches. On the foot a landscape with hunting scene. British Museum. |
| (To face p. 296.) |
| XLIV. | English Wine-Glasses. British Museum. |
| (1) Wine-glass, early eighteenth century. (H. 83?4 in.) The hollow knop of the moulded stem is decorated with prunts and encloses a sixpence of Queen Anne (dated 1707). |
| (2) Jacobite wine-glass with opaque twisted stem. (H. 73?4 in.) On the bowl is engraved a portrait of the Young Pretender, inscribed ‘Cognoscunt me mei’; at the back are the words Premium Virtutis under a crown. |
| (3) Jacobite wine-glass with air-twisted stem. Round the bowl are engraved the words ‘Immortal Memory’; above, a band of vine-leaves, and below, fleurs-de-lis and roses. Presented by Mr. A. Hartshorne. |
| (To face p. 327.) |
| XLV. | English Flint Glass. Victoria and Albert Museum. |
| (1) Standing cup and cover (H. 12 in.) on square, stepped foot. Carved in relief with gadroons descending spirally. End of eighteenth century. Presented by Mr. H. B. Lennard. |
| (2) Bowl standing on square base. (H. 81?2 in.) The whole of the surface facetted; the under surface of the foot cut into square compartments. End of eighteenth century. Presented by Mr. H. B. Lennard. |
| (To face p. 332.) |
| XLVI. | Persian Glass. Tall-necked vase of colourless glass; body shaped in a mould; appliquÉ stringings on foot. Taken from a tomb at Baku. Vincent Robinson collection. |
| (To face p. 338.) |
| XLVII. | Persian Glass. Victoria and Albert Museum. Seventeenth or eighteenth century. |
| (1) Tall-necked, pear-shaped vase, the surface spirally ribbed, of deep blue transparent glass. (H. 11 in.) |
| (2) Cruet-shaped vase of clear white glass. (H. 9 in.) From the Richard collection. |
| (3) Perfume sprinkler, with curved neck and barnacle-shaped lip. Blue transparent glass, the surface spirally ribbed. (H. 12 in.) |
| (To face p. 340.) |
| XLVIII. | Indian Glass. Indian Museum. Vase or basin with wide-spreading lip. (H. 53?4 in.) Milky, semi-transparent glass; the ground gilt, surrounding white flowers, with pistils of red enamel. Provenance unknown. (Delhi district?) |
| (To face p. 343.) |
| XLIX. | Chinese Glass. Victoria and Albert Museum. |
| (1) Bowl of mottled green glass with purple markings, imitating jade. (H. 27?8 in.) Eighteenth century. From the Bernal collection. |
| (2) Spindle-shaped vase of orange, ‘tortoise-shell’ glass. (H. 71?2 in.) The stopper of silver, inlaid with Chinese characters; the base European. |
| (3) Small tripod vase of mottled yellow glass, in form of incense-burner. (H. 33?4 in.) Eighteenth century. |
| (To face p. 350.) |
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS ON GLASS
Agricola (Georg): De Re Metallica (last chapter of work). Basle, 1556.
Appert (L.) et Henrivaux: Verre et Verrerie. Paris, 1894.
Appert (L.): Notes sur les verres des Vitraux Anciens. Paris, 1896.
Bapst (A.): Chinesische Glasarbeiten; Zeitschrift fÜr Bildende Kunst, 1885.
Bate (Percy): English Table-Glass. No date. (1904?)
Biringuccio (V.): De la Pirotechnia. Venice, 1540.
Blancourt (Haudicquer de): L’Art de la Verrerie. Paris, 1697.
Bontemps (G.):—
Guide du Verrier. Paris, 1868.
ExposÉ des moyens employÉs pour la fabrication des Verres FiligranÉs. 1845.
Bordoni: L’Arte Vetraria in Altare. Savona, 1884.
Bosc d’Antic (P.): MÉmoires sur l’Art de la Verrerie. Paris, 1780.
Boutellier (L’AbbÉ): Histoire des Gentilshommes Verriers de Nevers.
Brent (John): ‘On Chevron Beads.’ ArchÆologia, vol. xlv.
Brinckmann (Justus): Various Catalogues, etc., of the Hamburg Museum.
Bucher (B.): Die Glassammlung des K.K. Oesterreich. Museum. Vienna, 1888.
Bushell (S. W.):—
Oriental Ceramic Art. New York, 1899.
Chinese Art, vol. ii. (South Kensington Art Handbooks). 1906.
Busselin (D.): Les CÉlÈbres Verreries de Venise. Venice, 1846.
Cecchetti:—
Delle Origini dell’ Arte Vetraria Muranese. R. Institute Veneto, 1872.
Monographie dell’ Arte Vetraria. Venice, 1874.
Czihak (E. von): Schlesische GlÄser. Breslau, 1891.
Dalton (O. M.):—
Catalogue of Early Christian Antiquities in the British Museum—Cemetery Glasses. 1901.
‘Gilded Glass of Catacombs.’ ArchÆological Journal, 1901.
Deville (A.): Histoire de l’Art de la Verrerie dans l’AntiquitÉ. Paris, 1873.
Dobbs (H. C.): ‘Glass-blowers of North-west Provinces.’ Journal of Indian Art, vol. vii.
Eraclius: see Heraclius.
Fillon (B.): L’Art de Terre chez les Poitevins. Niort, 1864.
Fioravanti (L.): Dello Specchio di Scienza Universale, Bk. vii. cap. 29. Venice, 1567.
Fourcaud (L. de): Émile GallÉ. Paris, 1903.
Fowler (J.): ‘On the Process of Decay in Glass.’ ArchÆologia, vol. xlvi.
Franks (Sir A. W.):—
Guide to Glass Room in British Museum, 1888.
Art Treasures of United Kingdom. Vitreous Art. 1858.
Friedrich (C.): Die Altdeutschen GlÄser. NÜrnberg, 1884.
Froehner (W.): La Verrerie Antique. Collection Charvet, 1879.
Garnier (E.):—
Histoire de la Verrerie et de l’Émaillerie. Tours, 1886.
Spitzer Catalogue, vol. iii. ‘La Verrerie.’
Garrucci (P. R.):—
Storia dell’ Arte Christiana, vol. iii. 1876.
Vetri ornati di Figure in Oro. 1858 and 1864.
Garzoni (T.): Piazza Universale di tutte le professioni del Mondo. Discorso lxiv. Venice, 1585.
Gerspach: L’Art de la Verrerie. Paris, 1885.
Griffith (F.): Egypt Exploration Fund. Tanis, Part ii. 1888.
Hallen (Rev. A.): ‘Glass-making in Sussex, etc.’ Scottish Antiquary, 1893.
Hartshorne (Albert): Old English Glasses. 1897.
Havard (H.): Les Arts de l’Ameublement. La Verrerie. Paris, 1894.
Heraclius or Eraclius: De Artibus et Coloribus Romanorum. Eitelberger von Edelberg: Quellenschriften fÜr Kunstgeschichte, vol. iv.
Hirth (F.): Chinesische Studien; Zur Geschichte des Glases in China. Leipsic, 1890. And other papers.
D’Holbach (Baron)?: Art de la Verrerie, de Neri, Merret et Kunckel. Paris, 1752.
D’Hondt (P.): L’Art de la Verrerie. LiÉge, 1891.
Houdoy (J.): Verrerie À la faÇon de Venise. Paris, 1873.
Kunckel (J.): Ars Vitraria Experimentalis. 1679.
Labarte (J.):—
La Collection Debruge DumÉnil. Paris, 1847.
Histoire des Arts Industriels, vol. iv. Paris, 1866.
Lacroix (P.): Les Arts au Moyen Âge et À l’Époque de la Renaissance. Paris, 1869.
Lane-Poole (S.):—
The Art of the Saracens in Egypt. London, 1886.
Arabic Glass Weights in British Museum. 1891.
Layard (Sir A. H.): Nineveh and its Remains. 1853.
Lazari (V.): Notizia delle Opere d’Arte della Raccolta Correr. Venice, 1859.
Lobmeyr (L.): Die Glas-industrie. Stuttgart, 1874.
Loysel (C.): Essai sur la Verrerie. Paris, 1800. (Written earlier.)
Mathesius: Sarepta oder Bergpostil (Sermon xv.). NÜrnberg, 1562.
Merret (C.): The Art of Glass of Neri translated into English. London, 1662.
Milanesi (G.): Tre Trattatelli dell’ Arte del Vetro per Mosaici. (Fifteenth century MSS.) 1864.
Minutoli (H. de): Ueber der Anfertigung der farbigen GlÄser bei den RÖmern. Berlin, 1836.
Molinier (E.): La Peinture sous Verre. Spitzer Catalogue, vol. iii.
Naples: Description of Museo Borbonico. Glass, vols. v., xi., and xv.
Neri (A.): L’Arte Vetraria. 1612.
Nesbitt (A.):—
Catalogue of Slade Collection of Glass. Privately printed, 1871.
Catalogue of Glass Vessels in South Kensington Museum, 1878.
Glass (South Kensington Art Handbooks), 1875.
‘Opus Sectile in Glass.’ ArchÆologia, vol. xlv.
EncyclopÆdia Britannica, article ‘Glass.’ 1879.
Owen (H.): Ceramic Art in Bristol (chapter on Bristol Glass). 1873.
Passini (A.): Il Tesoro di San Marco. Venice, 1886.
Peligot (M. E.): La Verre, Histoire et Fabrication. 1876.
Pellat (Apsley):—
Curiosities of Glass-making. London, 1849.
Memoir on the Origin, etc., of Glass-making. London, 1821.
Pelletier: Les Verriers du Lyonnais. 1887.
Petrie (Flinders):—
Burlington Fine Arts Club; Introduction to Catalogue of Egyptian Exhibition, 1895.
Tell-el-Amarna. Egypt Exploration Fund. 1894.
Pinchart (A.): Les Fabriques des Verres de Venise, d’Anvers et de Bruxelles au XVIe. et au XVIIe. siÈcles. Bulletins des Commissions Royales. Bruxelles, 1882.
Plinius Secundus (Caius): Historia Naturalis, Bk. xxxvi. caps. 44-47.
Porter (G. R.): ‘Glass and Porcelain.’ Lardner’s Cabinet EncyclopÆdia. London, 1832.
Powell (H. J.):—
Principles of Glass-making. London, 1883.
EncyclopÆdia Britannica, article ‘Glass.’ 1902.
Read (C. H.):—
‘Glass in South Saxon Graves.’ ArchÆologia, vol. lv.
‘On a Saracenic Goblet of Enamelled Glass.’ ArchÆologia, vol. lviii.
RiaÑo (J. F.): Industrial Arts in Spain, Part ii. (South Kensington Handbooks). 1879.
Santi (M.): Origini dell’ Arte Vetraria in Venezia e Murano.
Sauzay (A.):—
La Verrerie depuis les Temps les plus reculÉs. Paris, 1868.
Sauzay (A.):—
Marvels of Glass-making. (Translation of above.) London, 1870.
Schebek (E.): BÖhmens Glasindustrie und Glashandel. Prague, 1878.
Schmoranz (G.): Old Oriental Gilt and Enamelled Vessels. German and English Editions. Vienna and London, 1899.
Schuermans (H.): The Wanderings of the Muranese and Altarist Glass-workers. Eleven Letters. Bulletins des Commissions Royales. Bruxelles, 1883-1891.
Spitzer Catalogue. See Garnier and Molinier.
Theophilus: Diversarum Artium Schedula. Eitelberger von Edelberg. Quellenschriften fÜr Kunstgeschichte, vol. viii. Vienna, 1874.
Ure (A.): Dictionary of Arts, article ‘Glass.’ 1853.
Vopel (H.): Die Altchristlichen GoldglÄser. Freiberg, 1899.
Zanetti (V.):—
Monographia della Vetraria Veneziana. Venice, 1873.
Museo Civico di Murano; Guida di Murano. Venice, 1866.
Egyptian, etc. Griffith, Layard, Petrie.
Greco-Roman and Roman. Deville, Froehner, Fowler, Minutoli, Naples Museum, Nesbitt, Pliny.
Early Christian, Byzantine, Anglo-Saxon, etc. Brent, Dalton, Garrucci, Heraclius, Passini, Read, Theophilus, Vopel.
Saracenic and Perso-Indian. Lane-Poole, Dobbs, Read, Schmoranz.
Venetian (Murano and Altare). Biringuccio, Bontemps, Bordoni, Busselin, Cecchetti, Fioravanti, Garzoni, Houdoy, Labarte, Lazari, Neri, Pinchart, Santi, Schuermans, Zanetti.
French and Spanish. Boutellier, Fillon, Fourcaud, Gamier, Gerspach, Pelletier, RiaÑo.
German. Agricola, Brinckmann, Von Czihak, Friedrich, Kunckel, Lobmeyr, Mathesius, Schebek.
English. Bate, Hallen, Hartshorne, Merret, Owen, Pellat.
Chinese. Bapst, Bushell, Hirth.
Technical. Appert, Blancourt, Bontemps, Bosc d’Antic, D’Holbach, Kunckel, Lobmeyr, Loysel, Merret, Neri, Peligot, Pellat, Porter, Powell, Ure.
General and historical. Brinckmann, Franks, Garnier, Gerspach, Havard, Labarte, Lacroix, Nesbitt, Sauzay.
