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musical glass

Object NameCrystallophone

Maker David Crossley

Made FromGlass, Wood, Brass, Paper

Dateabout 1800-1840

Place MadeEngland, Manchester

Techniquesheet Glass, cut, grazed

SizeOverall H (Open): 33 cm, W: 55 cm, D: 26.5 cm

Accession Number83.2.28

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

Keyboard Instruments from the time of Mozart

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; sheet glass, cut, grazed. Flat, tapered wood box, with elaborate graining and gilt bands on the top, sides, and inside; hinged flat top with eyes for hooks; cross-hatch decorated hooks; four paw feet, with leaf-molding at the top, of gilt brass on the corners; the inside painted bright blue, with a central vertical strip with two rounded arches; grained wood strip running lengthwise; 25 thin rectangular glass sheets with small paper labels, printed capital letters cemented on the underside; attached to lengths of fabric tape stretched from side to side, and held on the outside with brass nails; on the base, below the center strut, a square pink (paper label, with printed border and printed inscription "CROSSLEY, / Maker, St. Mary's - Gate, / Manchester." Two long, thin pieces of grained wood with longitudinal gold stripe on one side, of oval cross-section, one with a disk of cork with chamois leather facing attached on the end.
Provenance

Source Christopher Sheppard (d. 2015) - 1983-06-02