Glasgow School of Art: Archives & Collections

Oval dish from tea service

NMC/0233K
Item
c1915

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

This oval dish is part of a painted china tea service. Orange lustre-glaze over flower paintings on white china blank.

Macbeth, Ann

Original sketch for The Scots Pictorial of Highland Games scene

NMC/1330A
Item
c1923

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Highland Games scene featuring a competitor hammer throwing with a group of four in highland dress and piper in the background.

Design published 15 September 1923.

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Original sketch for The Scots Pictorial - Scottish soldiers

NMC/1324A
Item
1923

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Four Scottish soldiers in different types of uniform.

Design published 21 April 1923.

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Original sketch for The Scots Pictorial - grouse shooting

NMC/1326A
Item
1923

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Group of four grouse shooting party in Scottish dress.

Design published 6 October 1923. Annotated: "11th August and 1st printing and 2nd printing".

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Original sketch for The Buccaneers of Boyar - Blackie Books

NMC/1334A
Item
c1925

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Coloured drawing of a buccaneer with a seascape in the background.

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Original sketch for Jones of the 64th - Blackie Books

NMC/1333A
Item
c1926

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Two coloured drawings of Captain F.S. Brereton in different army uniforms.

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Original sketch for Gavin Douglas - Blackwood Books

NMC/1336A
Item
c1925

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Coloured drawing of two riders fighting on horses.

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Open, lugged ginger jar

NMC/0234
Item
c1900

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Ginger jar without a lid. Handpainted green leaves around the mouth and a yellow design around the body. Two small handles on either side. Signed "AMcB" on the bottom. Ginger jars were initially used to store and transport spices and have been used as decorative items. Similar in shape to a Mary Fairgrieve two-handled pot - possibly a large sugar basin - decorated with a typical Glasgow School design that is featured in the Scottish Pottery 25th Historical Review 2013.

Macbeth, Ann

Open necked blue vase

NMC/1388
Item
01 Oct 1935

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Open necked blue glazed ceramic vase with hand-painted white decorative patterns. Bottom of vase has engraved marking "ST" (creator's initials) and another engraved marking of a circle with an X through it (maker's mark).

Thomson, Robert Sinclair

North Atlantic

NMC/0919
Item
1932

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Illustration showing North Atlantic, trading routes, prevailing winds etc.

McLetchie, Mona

Newt

NMC/1045B
Item
2007

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Designs for illustrated alphabet.

Pomeroy, Saksia Elizabeth

New Year card

NMC/0220C
Item
1942

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Three figures carrying picks and shovels.

Selby, Frederick

New Year card

NMC/0220D
Item
1942

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Three figures carrying picks and shovels.

Selby, Frederick

New Year card

NMC/0220B
Item
1942

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Three figures carrying picks and shovels.

Selby, Frederick

New Year card

NMC/0220A
Item
1942

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Three figures carrying picks and shovels.

Selby, Frederick

National science and art medal

NMC/0920
Item
1894

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

South Kensington Medal. Awarded to GSA student Albert H Hodge, subject 23A. Inscribed: 'Victoria by the grace of God Queen MDCCCLVI' 'National medal for sucess in art awarded by the science and art department'.

*Not available / given

National Art Competition medal

NMC/0401A
Item
1857

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Specimen of the National Medallion Glasgow.

Vechte, Antoine

National Art Competition medal

NMC/0401B
Item
1864

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Awarded to James Sellars 1864, Stage VIII.

Vechte, Antoine

Nails and plaster cast pattern on textile

NMC/1960
Item
2018

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Nails and plaster cast pattern on textile. Inspired by the fire at the Mackintosh building in 2014.

McQuarrie, Erin

Mustard pot

NMC/1813C
Item
1978

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Lidded mustard pot with spoon. Pot has cylindrical design with raised mealy bug pattern band on the upper section, and brown acrylic inner lining. Spoon has similar design engraved on handle.

Makers mark HFC, Edinburgh assay stamp, date stamp 1978.

Curran, Fay

Mural design for Livingstone Museum Memorial - David Hunter the Great-Grandfather

NMC/1354A
Item
1934

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Mural design for Livingstone Museum Memorial - David Hunter the Great-Grandfather

NMC/1354B
Item
1934

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Mural design for Livingstone Museum Memorial - David Hunter the Great-Grandfather

NMC/1354C
Item
1934

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

'Movement' boards

NMC/0905E
Item
1973

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

The section title '5 Movement' appears in white on black mountboard. The second sheet of mountboard is cream with three windows cut into it. Within one is handwritten relating to movement, especially in relation to flight. The second window shows pencil drawings of a beetle from below, and the third, a winged insect (possibly a grasshopper).

Thomson, Mary Fiona

Mount for costume designs

NMC/0095B
Item
1903

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Original mount with captions.

*Not available / given

"Monaco" fabric length

NMC/1731
Item
[c1960s-1970s]

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Remnant length of heavy cotton upholstery fabric printed in bold geometric design in shades of orange, red, purple and brown. Deposited by Crissie White.

Perritt, Peter R

Miniature round button, featuring three-dimensional head design

NMC/1437
Item
c1900s-1920s

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Davidson, Peter Wylie

Miniature round button, featuring three-dimensional figure

NMC/1438
Item
c1900s-1920s

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Davidson, Peter Wylie

Miniature round button, featuring floral design

NMC/1436
Item
c1900s-1920s

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Davidson, Peter Wylie

Miniature oval button with cherub figure

NMC/1439
Item
c1900s-1920s

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Davidson, Peter Wylie

Miniature cherub figure

NMC/1440
Item
c1900s-1930s

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Davidson, Peter Wylie

Metalwork object

NMC/1896C
Item
2016

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Copper object

Currie, Rosie

Metalwork object

NMC/1896A
Item
2016

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Copper oxidised object

Currie, Rosie

Metalwork object

NMC/1896B
Item
2016

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

White metal object with brush bristles

Currie, Rosie

Metalwork display case

NMC/1641
Item
c1914-1943

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

This item was damaged in the fire in GSA's Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014 and was conserved in 2018.

*Not available / given

Merry Christmas 1942

NMC/0219
Item
1942

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Selby, Frederick

Mercury profile textile length

NMC/1959
Item
2018

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Textile length, Mercury's profile

McQuarrie, Erin

Menteith (from Macbeth)

NMC/0096B
Item
c1900

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Costume design for Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Smyth, Dorothy Carleton

Memorial to Eugene Bourdon

NMC/0273
Item
1918

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Inscribed: Centre panels, top to bottom: 1. R F/Pro Patria. 3. To the honoured memory of Capitaine Eugene Bourdon, Professor of Architecture in this School, who fell in action on the Somme, July 1st 1916. 4. Amour sacre de la patrie conduis, souhens nos bras vengeurs, Liberte cherie, combats avec le defenseurs.

Bell, Robert Anning

Memorial plaque

NMC/0260
Item
1902

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Design of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. Inscribed verso: "To James Fleming from Sir George Frampton".

Frampton, Sir George James

Medallion

NMC/0977
Item
c1900s-1910s

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Mitre-shaped medallion with stylised depiction of St Mungo.

*Not available / given

'Material' boards

NMC/0905D
Item
1973

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

The section title '4 Material' appears in white on black mountboard. The second piece of mountboard is cream with three windows cut into it. Within one window is handwritten text relating to chitin and the exocuticle of insects. The second window shows sketches/paintings of a hoverfly or wasp from multiple angles, and the third shows multiple butterfly wings.

Thomson, Mary Fiona

Mantel clock

NMC/1500
Item
c1905-1910

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Copper and enamel mantel clock. The inscription on the clock is taken from John Milton's 'Song on May Morning'.

Dewar, De Courcy Lewthwaite

Malcolm, Act IV-III (from Macbeth)

NMC/0096K
Item
c1900

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Costume design for Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Smyth, Dorothy Carleton

Magazine rack

NMC/0250
Item
c1900

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. A number of examples of this design exist, and variations on it, in private collections.

*Not available / given