Glass Sherds

1973.3.400

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Nine fragments of coloured mosaic glass mounted within a perspex box for display. Dimensions are for the box. CONDITION NOTE (1998): Incomplete, chipped, surface dirt. Wellcome Historical Medical Museum accession no. 24653: Four nests each of four trays containing collection of fragments of variegated glass, Egyptian, averaging forty pieces to a tray. 13" x 8". Purchased at Sotheby's, London, 31 July 1923 (Mrs Berens Sale) Lot 20: "A lot of about 130 pieces of coloured Glass of various provenance, some rare".