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Simple profile cartoon drawing of Paolo Orsi, slightly balding, bespectacled, with moustache & pointed beard; wearing a suit & tie. Signed "W.R. Lawson / Siracusa.1929. / 'Deus sit vobiscum'". Framed behind glass, in a simple black frame, with "P. Orsi / Syracuse April 1929" in pencil on the wooden back. Gummed label on back identifying framer: "From J.P. Ballard, Reading Fine Art Gallery, 21, Cross Street, Reading. / Printseller, Mount Cutter, Gilder and Picture Frame Manufacturer. / Dept for Windsor & Newton's Specialties./ For Repeat Orders please quote No. 4492" (4492 written in pencil).
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| 91.11.2
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Shape similar to 91.11.1. Top broken off. Slightly concave beneath. Greenish transparent glass, some internal incrustation. Some solidified grey matter inside.
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| 91.11.3
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Shape similar to 91.11.1, but bottom flare more cushion-shaped. Mouth slightly flared out, narrow flat rim, off centre. Lengthwise striations in glass, some becoming riven. Iridescent transparent glass, some blackening near top of neck. Slight incrustation.
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| 91.11.4
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Top broken, mouth partly preserved. Flares v. gradually from 4 cm below mouth, bottom curved like alabastron. Mouth flared. Transparent glass, bluish iridescence. Slight encrustation. Some striations in glass.
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| 91.11.5
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Brown glass, green/purple lustre on bottom surface. See card for drawing.
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| 91.11.6A-B
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(a) fragment of base of bottle, and part of neck, shape resembling 91.11.2. Opaque opalescent lustre. H. (pres.) 4 cm (b) fragment of neck, possibly from same bottle (though glass appears thinner). Max L. 2.7 cm
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| L.2011.1.11
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Glass fragment with a raised ridge across the middle and remains of a pearl-white glaze
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| L.2011.1.3
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Fragment of medium blue glass embedded with a white-grey sediment
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