Glasgow School of Art: Archives & Collections

Sandstone plaque - The Glasgow School of Art Staff Refectory

NMC/1878
Item
1929

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Sandstone name plaque for the GSA Staff Refectory, which was part of the building on the opposite side of Renfrew Street aquired ca. 1920 to allow the School to expand. This building housed the Assembly Hall which was opened in 1929, so other facillities are assumed to date from around the same time.

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Sandstone plaque - The Glasgow School of Art Common Room

NMC/1877
Item
1929

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Sandstone name plaque for the GSA Common Room, which was part of the building on the opposite side of Renfrew Street aquired ca. 1920 to allow the School to expand. This building housed the Assembly Hall which was opened in 1929, so other facillities are assumed to date from around the same time. (Plaque was formerly wrongly identified as that for the Assembly Hall).

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Raising the Flag

NMC/0511B
Item
Mid 20th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Military parade centred on raising the Union Jack.

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Pottery fragment

NMC/1633H
Item
13th century to 16th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Turquoise glaze on both sides. Blue, black, brown and white hand-painted figure on recto with some gold leaf.

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Pottery fragment

NMC/1633J
Item
13th century to 16th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

1st piece of rim fragment with cream glaze and band of blue, light turquoise, and red/brown paint on recto. Small band of blue paint on verso.

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Pottery fragment

NMC/1633V
Item
13th century to 16th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Slightly curved fragment with blue glaze and dark green hand-painted design and bands on recto. Blue glaze with dark green hand-painted Arabic writing and a green band on verso.

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Pottery fragment

NMC/1633Y
Item
13th century to 16th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Rim fragment with cream glaze and blue, turquoise, red, and dark brown hand-painted patterns on recto. '15 SAVEH' and '15' handwritten on verso. Saveh is a city in Iran.

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Pottery fragment

NMC/1633BB
Item
13th century to 16th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Small fragment with raised blue hand-painted pattern. 'SAVEH 11' handwritten on verso. Saveh is a city in Iran.

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Pottery fragment

NMC/1633K
Item
13th century to 16th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

2nd piece of rim fragment with cream glaze and band of blue, light turquoise, and red/brown paint on recto. Band of blue paint on verso.

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Pottery fragment

NMC/1633N
Item
13th century to 16th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Fragment with blue glaze on recto and cream glaze with brown/gold hand-painted pattern on verso. Handwritten letters on one edge - possibly 'C S RAZ.'

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Pottery fragment

NMC/1633O
Item
13th century to 16th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Rim fragment with cream glaze and dark blue, red, turquoise, and gold hand-painted pattern on recto. Cream glaze with hand-painted red band and black Arabic inscription on verso.

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Pottery fragment

NMC/1633Q
Item
13th century to 16th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Fragment with cream glaze and light yellow/gold hand-painted patterns and figures riding horses on recto. Cream glaze with brown hand-painted designs on verso.

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Pottery fragment

NMC/1633U
Item
13th century to 16th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Rim fragment from dish or plate. Hand-painted black Arabic writing on recto. 'GOMBAZ KAOUE near Persepolis' handwritten on verso. Persepolis is a city in Iran.

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Pottery fragment

NMC/1633W
Item
13th century to 16th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Small fragment with cream glaze and gold hand-painted face on recto. Blue glaze with faint green hand-painted pattern on verso.

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Pottery fragment

NMC/1633A
Item
13th century to 16th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Part of group of 31 glazed and gilded pottery fragments from Persia/Egypt/Syria. Includes imagery of ornamental designs, figures, animals, and Arabic/Cufic lettering.

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Pottery fragment

NMC/1633F
Item
13th century to 16th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Fragment of wall hanging bowl or dish. Yellow/gold glaze on recto with hand-painted light brown swirl pattern.

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Pottery fragment

NMC/1633P
Item
13th century to 16th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Rim fragment with cream glaze and yellow/gold hand-painted design on recto. Gold hand-painted patterns with figure on verso. Possibly small handwritten letters on an edge.

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Pottery fragment

NMC/1633T
Item
13th century to 16th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Rim fragment from dish or plate. Cream glaze with yellow/gold hand-painted pattern with crown on recto. Small area of cream glaze and red/brown section of hand-painted band on verso.

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Pottery fragment

NMC/1633B
Item
13th century to 16th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Triangular shaped ceramic fragment with cream glaze with yellow/gold hand-painted design on recto.

One of thirty-one different pottery fragments from Persia/Egypt/Syria. Likely brought to the Glasgow School of Art to be used as teaching aids.

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Pottery fragment

NMC/1633G
Item
13th century to 16th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Fragment from what might be a tile. Hand-painted flower and petal shapes in blue, black, yellow, and turquoise paint. '85' and 'SHAH ISF' handwritten on verso. Shah (Persian) is a title given to the emperors/kings and lords of Iran.

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Pottery fragment

NMC/1633I
Item
13th century to 16th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Turquoise glaze and hand-painted black band with white Arabic inscription.

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Pottery fragment

NMC/1633L
Item
13th century to 16th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Rim fragment with cream, blue, and black paint with hand-painted band on recto. Hand-painted blue and black bands on verso with metallic/mineral shine.

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Pottery fragment

NMC/1633M
Item
13th century to 16th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Fragment with aqua green glaze over embossed pattern on recto. '24' handwritten on verso.

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Pottery fragment

NMC/1633R
Item
13th century to 16th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Small fragment with cream glaze and yellow/gold, blue, and red hand-painted designs with gold leaf on recto.

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Pottery fragment

NMC/1633S
Item
13th century to 16th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Fragment of dish or plate. Cream glaze with dark blue, turquoise, black, red, hand-painted figures and animal on recto with some gold leaf. Cream glaze with turquoise, blue, and red hand-painted figures on verso with some gold leaf. One large crack down the centre.

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Pottery fragment

NMC/1633X
Item
13th century to 16th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Slightly curved fragment with pastel blue glaze on recto and verso.

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Pottery fragment

NMC/1633Z
Item
13th century to 16th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Rim fragment with green/brown glaze with dark blue hand-painted desgin on recto. Dark blue glaze on verso.

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Pottery fragment

NMC/1633AA
Item
13th century to 16th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Rim fragment with cream glaze and blue and black hand-painted band on recto. Cream glaze with hand-painted black band with what might be Arabic writing on verso.

One of thirty-one different pottery fragments from Persia/Egypt/Syria. Likely brought to the Glasgow School of Art to be used as teaching aids.

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Portrait of John Murdoch

NMC/1829A
Item
c1850

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Oil portrait, quarter length, of John Murdoch, a Master at Glasgow School of Art from 1848 until his death in 1854. Sitter is clean shaven, wearing a black bow tie and white winged collar shirt and dark jacket against a dark background. No visible signature of artist or identifying label on frame; donor believes that it may be a self portrait.

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Portrait of Archibald E Haswell Miller

NMC/1367
Item
1945

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Annotated: "Drawing by ? Gerber (a PoW) of A E Haswell Miller. Douglas. PoW camp c.April 1945".

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Portrait of Archibald E Haswell Miller

NMC/1368
Item
1945

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Signed: "Gerber 45", bottom right.

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Portrait of a man in a frock coat

NMC/0048
Item
19th Century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

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

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Plaster cast

NMC/0600
Item
c1900-1920

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Classical female figure, side view, in wooden frame. Inscribed verso: "This belongs to Violet Clifton. Left to John Laurie, Art Club, Bath Street, Glasgow".

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Plafond du Grand Escalier du Chateau de Versailles

NMC/0174
Item
19th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

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

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Picture of sunbathers

NMC/1856B
Item
c1980s

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Two figures sunbathing on a tropical beach with palm tree and a row of brightly coloured striped sun shelters.

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Pewter mug

NMC/1617
Item
19th century-20th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Pewter mug with handle. Red marking on bottom, "SCH.298". Small indented markings on side "QUART", "A8", "Wood & Sons, Glasgow", and Queen Victoria royal cypher. Due to information in an inventory, mug can be dated pre-1958.

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Pampered, Perfumed, Preening People