Fig. 144.
Fig. 145.
Much glass of finer quality was imported. There is in the Guildhall Museum a fragment signed by a maker of Sidon, and fragments of several small plaques in the British Museum having patterns wrought in the substance are of a kind found in Egypt. At the Egyptian exhibition of the Burlington Club, 1921, similar plaques were shown, some having sprigs of flowers, and one a single rose petal pattern in yellow, white and red on the dark ground (cf. Fig. [a]145]). The three pieces at the British Museum are all different and all can be restored. Fig. [a]144] is from Roach Smith. Fig. [a]145] is a rough indication of the pattern of another, and the third is a variant of Fig. [a]144]. These interesting and beautiful little fragments are obscure from age; they might with great advantage be partially repolished, laid out on restored drawings, and be made much of. The recent rearrangement of the contents of the Roman Room at the British Museum, and the admirable new Guide, have so greatly increased the interest of the objects that I want still more. I also wish that the London things in the collection could be shown together. Roach Smith never intended his objects to be separated.
Enamels.—Conyers’ phrases about coloured glass “prepared for jewel-like ornament,” and “the brass embossments with glass set instead of jewels,” apparently refer to enamels and seem to imply that enamelled objects were made at the London glass works.
Fig. 146.
Fig. 147.