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Goblet
1799
With gilded coat of arms and the wording ‘Sandwich Volunteer Aug 1799 Brave and Free’.
Presented by Miss B Street from her brother’s collection, 1933
Reference: CANCM:nn
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Goblet
18th century
Engraved with initials and an image of Sunderland Bridge, with a ship passing below it.
Bequeathed by John Irving, 1915
Reference: 5580
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Pair of tumblers
19th century
Engraved with coats of arms and symbols.
Presented by Miss B Street from her brother’s collection, 1933
Reference: 5587, 5588
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Ruby glass dishes with etched decoration
Glass can be coloured by the addition of minerals. Gold creates ruby-coloured glass.
Presented by Miss G Arrowsmith, from the collection of her late sister Miss G L Arrowsmith, 1992
Reference: 1992.38
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Tall wine glass
18th – 19th century
Plain bowl with an opaque twist stem.
Presented by Miss B Street from her brother’s collection, 1933
Reference: CANCM:nn
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Two cordial glasses
18th – 19th century
With opaque twist stems and engraved with floral sprigs.
Presented by Miss B Street from her brother’s collection, 1933
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Two Jacobite wine glasses 1745 – 60
Engraved with Jacobite roses, one also with a butterfly. Both have air twist stems, one of them ‘knopped’ with thicker blobs of glass. The air twist stems are created by trapping a bubble of air in molten glass then pulling and twisting as it cools.
Presented by Miss B Street from her brother’s collection, 1933
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Two wine or ale glasses
18th – 19th century
Engraved decoration of barley and hops.
Presented by Miss B Street from her brother’s collection, 1933
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Two wine or dessert glasses 18th – 19th century
With knopped stems, one with air bubbles trapped for decoration.
Presented by Miss B Street from her brother’s collection, 1933
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Wine or cordial glass
1760 – 1810
With a faceted stem, the bowl with dog rose pattern engraved.
Presented by Miss B Street from her brother’s collection, 1933
Reference: CANCM:nn
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