- Title:
- Alabaster peep egg
- Object name(s):
- Optical toy
- Brief description:
- One Victorian alabaster peep egg inscribed 'A Present from Clifton' with hand painted floral decoration and containing rotating views of Clifton Suspension Bridge and Vyvyan Terrace and shell, mineral and coral samples. 16.5 cm high.
- Collection:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum
- Condition:
- Condition note:
- Only one bead on the spindle - smaller one added and provided by Bristol Blue Glass. Hand-painted decoration is worn.
- Number of objects:
- 1 alabaster peep egg
- Object history note:
- Purchased from auction house. Previous owner unknown.
- Object name:
- Optical toy
- Object number:
- GB 3493 117
- Object production date:
- c. 1840s
- Date - association:
- Creation
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1840-00-00
- Date - latest:
- 1840-00-00
- Object production person:
- unknown
- Other number:
- 2018-117
- Other number type:
- Accession number
- Responsible department/section:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust Archives
- Text reason:
- Collection online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f0a0dadb-7262-3fe0-b505-a8f78876b71a
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f0a0dadb-7262-3fe0-b505-a8f78876b71a, Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum, CC BY
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