Turquoise milk glass lion's head [fragment]

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Title

Turquoise milk glass lion's head [fragment]

Identifier

Item Sm.153

Description

Decorative lion's head glass object, made from turquoise milk glass / opal glass. This is a fragment which has been broken from a larger piece.
It is similar to the decorative ornaments made in France in the 1800s by Portieux Vallerysthal, who used blue milk glass to make decorative candy jars and oil lamps. However, no details are known about this fragment.

Creator

n.c.

Subject

Decorative glassware;

Date

n.d.

Source

Old Smithfield township

Publisher

Private collection

Type

Physical Object

Coverage

165138S1454201E
Old Smithfield township, Barron QLD 4871
Colonial Queensland
1870s

Rights

© 2021 oldsmithfield.com

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Citation

n.c., “Turquoise milk glass lion's head [fragment],” n.d., Item Sm.153, Private collection, https://oldsmithfield.com/omeka/items/show/41.