Glasgow School of Art: Archives & Collections

PC/209
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Chimera in relief, architectural fragment, probably part of larger scene or collection of panels due to lack of formal border. Annotated ""Chimere", "Hove" (or similar), and "PH-1"(in red).

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Plaster cast of classical entablature comprising architrave, frieze and cornice

PC/100
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Shows stylised natural forms.

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Plaster cast of console

PC/215
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Scrolled support for cornice or frieze.

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Plaster cast of Corinthian capital

PC/104A
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Attic of ionic order, but unusually highly decorated. Bears illegible maker's stamp, possibly that of "Commission Royale Belge Atelier du Moulage, Bruxelles".

Commission Royale Belge Atelier du Moulage Bruxelles

Plaster cast of Corinthian capital with stylised acanthus

PC/139
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

The Corinthian order is the most richly carved of all the orders. According to the architectural historian Vitruvius, the column was created by the sculptor Callimachus, probably an Athenian, who drew acanthus leaves growing around a votive basket. Annotated "R. 24D".

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Plaster cast of corner frieze with mythical creatures

PC/090
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Capital with two carved grotesques.

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Plaster cast of cornice decorated with egg and dart motif

PC/136A
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

3 straps of decoration. Bears "J Giusti & Co, makers, St Vincent St, Glasgow" maker's stamp. Annotated "347".

J Giusti & Co

Plaster cast of cornice decorated with egg and dart motif

PC/136B
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

3 straps of decoration. Bears "J Giusti & Co, makers, St Vincent St, Glasgow" maker's stamp. Annotated "347".

J Giusti & Co

Plaster cast of cornice fragment decorated with egg and dart

PC/135
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Bears illegible maker's stamp, possibly that of "Commission Royale Belge Atelier du Moulage, Bruxelles".

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Plaster cast of cornice frieze decorated with bands of ornament and masks

PC/141A
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Ovolo ornamentation, with a metope engraved with masks.

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Plaster cast of cornice frieze decorated with bands of ornament and masks

PC/141B
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Ovolo ornamentation, with a metope engraved with masks.

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Plaster cast of decorated capital with stylised leaves

PC/101A
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Plaster cast of decorated capital, part of a set with pilaster

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Plaster cast of decorated Corinthian capital

PC/104B
Item
19th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Attic of Corinthian order, but unusually highly decorated.

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Plaster cast of decorated panel with stylised leaves

PC/178
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Annotated "F Meacci" and "260" and some graffiti.

Meacci, F

Plaster cast of decorated pilaster capital, possibly from Erechtheion

PC/096
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Original: Phidias, 400 BC. Marble. Possibly from Erectheion, the temple dedicated to Athena on the Acropolis. Stylised forms of nature. Athens, Greece.

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Plaster cast of decorated pilasters of a doorway

PC/171A
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

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Plaster cast of decorated pilasters of a doorway

PC/171B
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

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Plaster cast of decorative capital

PC/102
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

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Plaster cast of decorative relief panel from a royal palace

PC/081
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Original: French, late c16th century. Showing cherubs with parrots, shells and urns. Also displays insignia with three fleur de lis (possibly signifying French monarchy).

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Plaster cast of decorative relief panel with initial H and French royal crown

PC/095
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

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Plaster cast of decorative relief panel with vine

PC/089
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Panel with carved vine grapes and leaves.

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Plaster cast of Elders of the Apocalypse (Royal Portal Chatres Cathedral)

PC/033A
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014.

Original: Portal figures from Chartres Cathedral. The central tympanum illustrates the Apocalypse with a central Christ surrounded by twenty-four Elders.

Plaster cast of Elders of the Apocalypse (Royal Portal Chatres Cathedral)

PC/033B
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014.

Original: Portal figures from Chartres Cathedral. The central tympanum illustrates the Apocalypse with a central Christ surrounded by twenty-four Elders.

Plaster cast of foundling roundel

PC/044
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Foundling roundel, originally glazed blue and white terracotta. Original: Andrea della Robbia, 1487, at the Ospedale degli Innocenti, Florence, Italy. Annotated with numbers on reverse.

Commission Royale Belge Atelier du Moulage Bruxelles

Plaster cast of fragment of base of column with laurel leaf decoration

PC/134
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Bears possible illegible maker's stamp (overpainted).

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Plaster cast of fragment of capital with vines and paired birds

PC/156
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

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Plaster cast of fragment of column with dragon-like creature

PC/206
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

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Plaster cast of fragment of decorated capitals

PC/176
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

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Plaster cast of fragment of decorated panel

PC/168
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

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Plaster cast of fragment of stele

PC/084
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Stele refers to an upright stone or slab with an inscribed or sculptured surface, used as a monument or as a commemorative tablet in the face of a building. Annotated with Greek text "EYTYXO HPINH NIRON".

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Plaster cast of fragment of window arch

PC/105
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Part of larger scale arch, decorated with two stylised leaves.

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Plaster cast of fragment with foliage

PC/098
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Symmetrical panel showing curling leaves. Original: Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France. Bears "Musée de Sculpture Comparée du Trocadero, Paris, 1910" maker's stamp. Annotated "3.88".

Musée de Sculpture Comparée du Trocadero, Paris

Plaster cast of fragment with foliage decoration in relief

PC/157
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

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Plaster cast of framed decorative relief panel with leaves

PC/097A
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Bears "Musée de Sculpture Comparée du Trocadero, Paris, 1910" maker's stamp.

Musée de Sculpture Comparée du Trocadero, Paris

Plaster cast of frieze

PC/217
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Modern panel, with alternating leaf and flowering plants. Original: Capitol, Rome.

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Plaster cast of Gothic capital

PC/120
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Bears "Commission Royale Belge Atelier du Moulage Bruxelles" maker's stamp.

Commission Royale Belge Atelier du Moulage Bruxelles

Plaster cast of half section of classical relief with putti holding laurel wreath

PC/075
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

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Plaster cast of heraldic panel

PC/080
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

One panel with escutcheon and coronet of lesser nobility.

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Plaster cast of high relief acanthus

PC/129
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

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Plaster cast of King

PC/032A
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Plaster cast copies of sculptures from the church of Notre-Dame de Corbeil, Essonne, France. The original sculptures were previously displayed in the Musée des Monuments as King Clovis I of the Franks (465 - 511) and his wife Queen Clotilde (474 – 545). However, they are now housed in the Louvre where they are catalogued as possibly the Old Testament monarchs, King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.

Plaster cast of King and Queen Column (Royal Portal Chartres Cathedral)

PC/031
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 15th June 2018.

Original: Also known as the Porte Royale, the West Portal was carved by 1150. The sculptures and reliefs were modelled on those in the triple west portal at St. Denis and at Chartres Cathedral.

Plaster cast of large foliage panel

PC/195
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Possibly a frieze. Annotated "CR10" on reverse.

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Plaster cast of lintel piece with palmette corners and symmetric floral ornaments

PC/188
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

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Plaster cast of miniature copy of the Parthenon Panathenaic frieze on framed panel

PC/088
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Original: Possibly a cast of a copy after John Hennings miniature carvings of the frieze using the Parthenon Marbles and sketches made prior to the acropolis explosion.

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Plaster cast of Mother and Child

PC/046
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Roundel, surrounded by fruits. Original: Studio della Robbia, c1490. Glazed terracotta. Original currently in the collection of the National Gallery of Ancient Art in the Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy. Annotated "D Brucciani & Co London EC" and "325".

D Brucciani & Co

Plaster cast of one of the eight pilasters from tomb of Louis XII