made in Alloa, Clackmannanshire
Add to albumThis green glass bottle, dated 1849, was produced by the Alloa Glassworks in Clackmannanshire.
The front of the bottle is stipple engraved with a representation of Alloa Glassworks.
Glass-making was introduced to Alloa in 1750 by Lady Frances Erskine of Mar, whose family was influential in the town's history. The town has a preserved 19th century glass cone - a brick-built kiln which is the last of its kind in Scotland.
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- Online ID: 000-100-080-689-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
National Museums Scotland
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland H.1994.1110
- Date: 1849
- Material: Green glass, stipple engraved. Inscription: Agnes Struthers / 1849
- Dimensions: 210 mm H x 140 mm DIA
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- Subject:
- Who: Agnes Struthers
Alloa Glassworks, Alloa (Maker)
- Where: Scotland, Clackmannanshire, Alloa
Scotland, Clackmannanshire, Alloa (glassworks)
- Event:
- Description: Bottle of green glass, onion-shaped and stipple engraved with Alloa Glassworks and inscribed to Agnes Struthers, made by Alloa Glassworks, 1849
- References:
- Keay, J. & J. (eds). Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland. London: HarperCollins, 1994, p 26.
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