Spanish pocket glass inscribed AVE MARIA

An image of Continental glass. Pocket glass. Unknown glasshouse, Spain, Almería province. The glass is of flattened oval form with gadrooning round the base, and on the sides, the inscription AVE MARIA between horizontal bands of ribbing. Bluish-green mould-blown glass, height, whole, 8.9 cm, length, whole, 6.3 cm, circa 1600-1650. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest through The Art Fund.

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Continental glass. Pocket glass. Unknown glasshouse, Spain, Almería province. The glass is of flattened oval form with gadrooning round the base, and on the sides, the inscription AVE MARIA between horizontal bands of ribbing. Bluish-green mould-blown glass, height, whole, 8.9 cm, length, whole, 6.3 cm, circa 1600-1650. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest through The Art Fund.

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Accession Number: C.204-2015
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Camera: GFX 50S
Photographer name: Katie Young
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Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2018:07:10 22:27:47

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17th Century _WF_ArtFund _WF_Batchelor blown glass blue continental glass European Fitz_AA gadrooned gadrooning gadroons glass glassware green inscribed inscriptions mould blown glass oval pocket glass Spanish vessel

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