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Description: | This highly decorated glass egg was made as a memorial to the famous Tyneside rower, James Renforth (1842-1871). Glass blowers made these individual pieces, known as 'friggers', from scrap glass. The egg has a photograph of James Renforth stuck to its inner surface. The pink and blue paint is also on the inner surface. It is most likely that the photograph on the stand is of another famous Tyneside professional rower, Robert Chambers (1831-1868), and his favourite dog, Don.
Material: glass | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.maritimehistory.393729 | Go to resource |
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