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On display at V&A South Kensington
Glass, Room 131

Goblet

ca. 1903 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Goblet, designed by George Walton, Britain, about 1903


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Blown, clear green glass
Brief description
Goblet, designed by George Walton, Britain, about 1903
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.2cm
Style
Credit line
Given by Mrs George Walton
Object history
Part of a set of clear, green table glass designed by the Glasgow architect and designer George Henry Walton (1867–1933). This set of tewnty was exhibited at the Arts & Crafts Exhibition 1903. Seven surviving pieces of this set were given to the Museum by George’s widow Mrs George Walton in 1953.
Production
Part of a set of clear, green table glass designed by the Glasgow architect and designer George Henry Walton (1867–1933). This set of tewnty was exhibited at the Arts & Crafts Exhibition 1903. Seven surviving pieces of this set were given to the Museum by George’s widow Mrs George Walton.
Barbara Morris assumed that these were probably made by Powell’s. However, George Walton is not mentioned in the Whitefriars book by Evans, Ross and Werner. In Lesley Jackson, Whitefriars Glass: Art of James Powell & Sons, 1996, George Walton is mentioned, but not as a designer for Whitefriars. In the catalogue of the Arts & Crafts Exhibition 1903, no manufacture is specified for the set. Powell’s also participated in the exhibition.
Bibliographic references
  • Barbara Morris, Victorian Table Glass and Ornaments, London 1979, p. 184, mentions this set.
  • Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society : catalogue of the seventh exhibition 1903, the New Gallery, 121 Regent St. 1903, p. 140 cat 360, North Gallery Recess No. 5. By George Walton: 360i, ‘set of table glass (20 pieces)’ and 360j, ‘set of glass vases (6 pieces)’
Other number
9267 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.108B-1953

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Record createdFebruary 10, 1999
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