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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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