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Bowl

Description

Bowl, pâte de verre glass with sand incised decoration: England, Bradford on Avon, Margaret Alston, 1986

Museum reference

K.2011.60.7

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Bowl

Production information

Alston, Margaret, 1956 (b.) - 1996 (fl.), Maker
Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England, Northern Europe

Date

1986

Materials

Glass

Associations

The Dan Klein and Alan J. Poole Private Collection of Glass
Collector: Klein, Dan, 1938 - 2009
Collector: Poole, Alan J., 2011 (fl.)

Exhibitions

  • A Passion for Glass (20 May 2011 - 11 Sep 2011)
    National Museum of Scotland

References

Watban, R. (ed.), A Passion for Glass: The Dan Klein and Alan J. Poole Private Collection of Glass, NMSE, Edinburgh, 2015, p.8, illustrated

Credit

Donation from The Dan Klein & Alan J. Poole Private Collection of Modern Glass

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