Record ID: LANCUM-01B715
Object type: INTAGLIO
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Blackburn with Darwen
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval/Modern intaglio, identified by G Seidmann of Oxford University: a glass intaglio with faceted rim (?) which seems to be moulded (in the 18th or early 19th century) from a stone of 17th century date, and not a portrait but a fanciful image. James Tassie and his nephew and successor William Tassie produced several thousand moulded glass pastes: there is a catalogue by R E Raspe, which however has very few illustrations and those of famous stones. Edinburgh NPGallery has a collection of Tassie casts in red sulphur, which is, however, not published. It seems pretty certain t…
Created on: Friday 1st June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Darwen', grid reference and parish protected.