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Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury
Near full portrait of Bishop Gilbert Burnet wearing Knight Garter robe and Chain, with large, heavy tassels hanging from neck and cloak. Sitter has long brown hair, and is seated on heavily brocaded blue and gold chair, with the right cushion bearing…
Glass bubbles. A set of twelve small glass bubbles each with a number engraved on them, in a circular wooden box lined with red fabric. The inside of the lid has a paper label which says GLASS BUBBLES, For proving spirits, Made by CAESAR ALTRIA, Mathematical Instrument Maker, ABERDEEN. A table with the numbers on the bubbles corresponding to strengths of alcohol is underneath.
Wooden case containing 12 glass beads. Made by Caesar Altria, c. 1860, Glass Blower/Mathematical Instrument Maker, Aberdeen 'for proving spirits'.