Fluorite, variety Blue John

Description

Vase of Blue John fluorite, large and two-handled, with Sienna marble lower moulding, probably carved by James Shore, Derbyshire, England, late 1840s

Museum reference

G.1983.41.68

Collection

Natural Sciences

Object name

Fluorite, variety Blue John, Marble, Vase

Production information

Shore, James, 1815 (fl.) - 1833 (d.), Carver
Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, England, Northern Europe

Date

Late 1840s

Materials

Fluorite, Marble

Collection place(s)

Derbyshire, England, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Window on the World (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Treasured: Wonderful Things, Amazing Stories (14 Nov 2008 - 01 Jan 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Trevor D. Ford, 'The largest Blue John vases ever made', Bulletin of the Peak District Mines Historical Society, vol. 11, no. 5, Summer 1992, pp 264-6.

On display

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