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Description: | *non loc.* unknown MANU unknown [18th century?] Nice. From William Hunter's original collection. The Trustees catalogue under Quartz gives "No 78. A large and two smaller cups, one Saucer, and three covers for snuff-boxes of Oriental Onyx which is remarkable for having a clouded appearance when looked through. They also contain crystallizations of brown Calx of Iron". The museum catalogue under this number says "Chalcedony saucer with 4 polished pieces", but the pieces cannot now be traced. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | MINERAL : ORIGINAL BEQUEST : CARVED : TABLEWARE : SILICA : : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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