Object number
55/342
Description
This is a ‘barleytwist’ stick, an ornamental glass walking stick. It is made of light green ridged glass, and is believed to have been made in Nailsea. These sticks were made by glass blowers at the end of a shift from whatever glass was left over. Other versions were made hollow and filled with ‘hundreds and thousands’.
Physical description
1 walking stick: glass
Production place
Nailsea
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_10591.tif - High resolution image
