Glass jug made in Edinburgh

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This glass jug was made at Alexander Jenkinson's Norton Park Glassworks in Edinburgh in the late 19th or early 20th century.

The jug has 'latticino' decoration of opaque white crossed threads. Latticino designs such as this were inspired by Venetian glass designs.

Norton Park Glass exhibited at the Paris International Exhibition in 1878.

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• Online ID: 000-100-103-225-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  A.1956.1455
• Date: Late 19th - early 20th century
  Late 19th/Early 20th century
  
• Material: Clear glass with latticinio decoration of opaque white crossed thread
  Jug
  
• Dimensions: 130 mm H x 130 mm max D
  
• What: Jug
  
• Subject: British glass
  
• Who: Alexander D. Jenkinson's Norton Park Glass Works, Edinburgh (Maker)
  
• Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
  
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• Description: Jug of clear glass with latticinio decoration of opaque white crossed threads: Scottish, Edinburgh, by Alexander D. Jenkinson's Norton Park Glass Works, late 19th - early 20th century
  
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