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Glassware Design

c.1860 (Drawn)
Artist/Maker
Webb, Philip (Speakman) (designer)
Morris, William (designed for)
Place of origin
England (made)

The glasses in this working drawing for manufacture were intended for Red House, which was designed for the newly-married William Morris. The large jug is derived from a sixteenth century medieval ceramic shape. The large drinking glass is taken from a Venetian or German beaker.


Object details

Categories
Glass
Drinking
Containers
Designs
Object type
Glassware design
Materials and techniques
pencil, pen, ink, watercolour
Paper
Distemper
Drawing
Brief description
Philip Webb. Glassware for William Morris's The Red House. One of 15 designs for table glass and glassware. British, c.1860
Physical description
The glasses in this working drawing for manufacture were intended for Red House, which was designed for the newly-married William Morris. The large jug is derived from a sixteenth century medieval ceramic shape. The large drinking glass is taken from a Venetian or German beaker.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 65.4cm
  • Mount width: 87.8cm
  • Image height: 54.5cm
  • Image width: 67.2cm
Credit line
Given by Miss Dorothy Walker
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1944, London: Printed under the Authority of the Ministry of Education 1949.
  • Oman, Charles C., and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982.
  • Parry, Linda, ed. William Morris London : Philip Wilson in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1996. Published to coincide with an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 9 May-1 Sept. 1996, pp.206-207, ill.
  • Oman, Charles C., and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
  • Botella-Gaudichon, Sylvette William Morris 1834-1896: L'Art dans tout Gent: Snoeck, 2022
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.340-1944

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
Record URL
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