Specimens of fused coloured glass and a Chinese vase Product:Postcard left to right: Alan Humphries

left to right: Alan Humphries

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Specimens of fused coloured glass and a Chinese vase Product:Postcard left to right: Alan HumphriesEight figures of ancient coloured glass, including a yellow Chinese vase. Plate 6 from the book Curiosities of glass making with details of the processes and productions of ancient and modern ornamental glass manufacture by Apsley Pellatt (David Bogue, London, 1849). Inscribed: 'PLATE 6. 1. Venetian Ball. 2. Millefiore. 3. 4. 5. Roman Fragments. 6. Artificial Sardonyx. 7. Roman Mosaic Gem. 8. Chinese Glass.' Artist and lithographer are not noted on