jug / Daniel O'Connell, 1844
jug / Daniel O'Connell, 1844
Colourless mould-blown glass jug with eight ribs, wide mouth, arch and angle rim with broad lip and handle. Inscribed "This jug was used at the table of O'Connell and his fellow prisoners during our unjust captivity in Richmond Bridewell in 1844. Thos. Matt. Ray - one of the state prisoners.";
Daniel O'Connell, 1844
Object Number:
DC:1993.379
Institution:
NMI
Date:
1840
Creator:
Place of production:
Catcliffe Glassworks, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England (?)
Collections:
Exhibitions:
Subjects:
- Repeal Movement
- Richmond Prison, South Circular Road, Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
- State Trials, 1844