Glassworkers pressing glass John Wykeham The Thames in London

The Thames in London

mounted on a backing sheet

perched on a branch of 'Cornus mas virginiana flosculis'

the driver and passengers had to brave the weather

Battle scene from the War of the Roses showing Edward of York pursuing Lancastrians who had sought sanctuary at Tewkesbury Abbey

Glassworkers pressing glass John Wykeham The Thames in LondonScene showing two glassworkers engaged in the manufacturing of pressed glass, probably at the Apsley Pellatt & Company's Falcon Glassworks at Holland Street, Blackfriars, London. Figure from page 121 of the book Curiosities of glass making with details of the processes and productions of ancient and modern ornamental glass manufacture by Apsley Pellatt (David Bogue, London, 1849). Inscribed below: "Pressing Glass." Apsley Pellatt (1791 1863) was an