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Author Topic: Amen glasses - Dramatic Glass research published  (Read 2668 times)

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Offline Frank

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Amen glasses - Dramatic Glass research published
« on: October 16, 2010, 11:32:40 PM »
Now and again mysteries of the past get solved but this is a rarity in the world of glass.

Geoffrey Seddon and Ian McKenzie have uncovered the 'probable' engraver of the important Amen Glass and presented their findings to an Edinburgh conference audience that included many specialists of this era!

Shrouded in secrecy for so long and assumed to be an English engraver.... but no... he was a Scot  :hiclp:

Read the first public announcement here

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Offline Lustrousstone

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Re: Amen glasses - Dramatic Glass research published
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2010, 02:24:17 PM »
It was a superb lecture; very convincing.

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