Vase

This vase of blue glass was made in 1958 by AB Bjorkshults Glasbruk in Sweden. The diamond-engraved inscription 'Full many a flower is born to blush unseen And waste its sweetness on the desert air' was added by David Peace in 1968 at Hemingford Abbots in Huntingdonshire in England.

Vase of blue glass diamond-engraved 'Full many a flower is born to blush unseen And waste its sweetness ...': Swedish and English, engraved by David Peace in 1968, by AB Bjorkshults Glasbruk, c. 1958

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Online ID:	000-180-000-481-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0504: National Museums Scotland Part 2 Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland A.1968.849
Date:	1958 c. 1958 - 1968
Material:	Glass, blue, diamond-engraved. Inscription: On bowl: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen And waste its sweetness on the desert air; { } / David Peace / 1968 [diamond-engraved]
Dimensions:	242 mm H x 102 mm D
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Subject:	European glass
Who:	AB Bjorkshults Glasbruk (Maker) David Peace, Hemingford Abbots, Huntingdonshire (Engraver)
Where:	England, Huntingdonshire, Hemingford Abbots Sweden
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