Glasgow School of Art: Archives & Collections

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

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

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 arabesque strap hinges depicting foliage and animals

PC/085
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Tree of scrolling stylised branches with animals and birds. Original: Biscornet, c1300. Wrought iron. Original currently in Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France.

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 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 decorative capital

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

Part of Plaster Casts

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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 paired Corinthian capitals

PC/107
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Capitals of corinthian style. Paired capitals and columns most commonly used in colonnades.

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Plaster cast of architectural fragment

PC/109
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

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Plaster cast of architectural fragment

PC/110
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

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Plaster cast of capital with scroll ornament

PC/113
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Bears illegible maker's stamp.

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Plaster cast of capital with foliage ornament

PC/114
Item
Mid 19th century to 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Annotated "13E".

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Plaster cast of architectural fragment

PC/119
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

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Plaster cast of section of cornice with bands of ornament

PC/125
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Ornament including bands of egg and darts enrichment.

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Plaster cast of architectural fragment with foliage

PC/126
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Annotated "F. Meacci" and "No55 Original".

Meacci, F

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 architectural fragment with foliage ornament

PC/137
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Top of capital with branches and spiked leaf adornment.

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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 casts of double capital with stylised ornamentation

PC/140
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

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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 section of entablature

PC/148
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Entablature with egg and dart enrichment and a series of small masks.

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Plaster cast of architectural fragment with leaf

PC/150
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

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Plaster cast of architectural fragment with egg and tongue moulding

PC/151
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Bears illegible maker's stamp.

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Plaster cast of spandrel

PC/152
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Original: Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey, London, UK.

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Plaster cast of architectural fragment

PC/153
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of architectural fragment

PC/154
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of section of pilaster with vase, foliage and putti

PC/158
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Original: Tullio Lombardo, c1851. Venice, Italy. Annotated ""Tullio Lombardo." and "205".

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Plaster cast of section of architrave with vines and eagle in clipeus

PC/159
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Original: Lorenzo Ghiberti, 1452. Bronze. Gates of Paradise, Baptistry di San Giovanni, Florence, Italy. Currently in the collection of the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence, Italy. In 2019, this item was conserved and now includes a central fragment, which was originally catalogued as a separate cast (PC/187).

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Plaster cast of capital with masks and foliage

PC/163
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of section of frieze with foliage and decorated borders

PC/165
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

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Plaster cast of architectural fragment

PC/166
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of architectural fragment

PC/167
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Decorated column.

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Plaster cast of blind window

PC/170
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of decorated pilasters of a doorway

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

Part of Plaster Casts

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of decorated pilasters of a doorway

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

Part of Plaster Casts

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of architectural fragment

PC/172
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of architectural fragment

PC/173
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of fragment of decorated capitals

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

Part of Plaster Casts

*Not available / given

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 stele

PC/204
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Stele in two parts; one with point and ornamented with fluting, the second with two flowers carved in relief. Original: The Temple of Thesius, Athens, Greece. Annotated with illegible lettering.

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Plaster cast of capital decorated with acanthus leaves

PC/205
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Capital in with three sides of curling leaves ornamentation.

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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 pilaster

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

Part of Plaster Casts

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

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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 a spandrel showing censing angel

PC/030B
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Original: c19th century. Westminster Abbey, London, UK.

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 Queen

PC/032B
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

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 capital with double columns

PC/207
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Capital with conjoined double doric style columns.

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