. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. ,.. Figure 10.—An elaborate stem of English glass, London, about 1685-1695. The stem form is most closely paralleled by two goblets illustrated in W. A. Thorpe's History of English and Irish Glass,™ one of which contains within its stem an English fourpenny piece of 1680. Because no known goblet exhibits the high, gadrooned foot of the Clay Bank example, it has been suggested that the stem may be that of a While this is certainly a reasonable supposition, it must be added that neither have examples of candlesticks been found i
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. ,.. Figure 10.—An elaborate stem of English glass, London, about 1685-1695. The stem form is most closely paralleled by two goblets illustrated in W. A. Thorpe's History of English and Irish Glass,™ one of which contains within its stem an English fourpenny piece of 1680. Because no known goblet exhibits the high, gadrooned foot of the Clay Bank example, it has been suggested that the stem may be that of a While this is certainly a reasonable supposition, it must be added that neither have examples of candlesticks been found in this form. (For conjectural reconstruction fig. 11.) Although it is extremely unfortunate that no upper fragments were found, there is no doubt as to the date of the surviving section, nor is there any 38 \\ . A. I » 'Hir. -I History of English and Irish Glass (London, 1929), vol. 2. pi. 29 and 31, no. 2. 39 See p. 13. 17. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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