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Description: | This highly decorated glass egg and stand 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. The man pictured on the stand is the world sculling champion, Robert Chambers (1831-1868) and his favourite dog, Don.
Material: glass
image | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.maritimehistory.393730 | Go to resource |
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