Chippendale
Vase
1907-c.1930 (designed and made)
1907-c.1930 (designed and made)
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| Place of origin |
Oval glass vase, blue/purple, lobed rim, with 8-sided foot. width 36.8cm, height 15.2cm
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Chippendale (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | glass, press-moulded |
| Brief description | Blue/purple glass vase 'Chipendale'. England or America, George Davidson & Co., Gateshead, or Jefferson Glass Co., date of design and manufacture 1907-c.1930. |
| Physical description | Oval glass vase, blue/purple, lobed rim, with 8-sided foot. width 36.8cm, height 15.2cm |
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| Credit line | Richard Tinson |
| Object history | 'Chippendale' glass was launched in 1907 in America and registered as a trademark by the Jefferson Glass Co. in 1911. It was imported into Britain by Charles Pratt's National Glass Co. C. 1930 Pratt purchased the moulds from America and had the glass made in Britain by Davidson. The moulds were purchased outright by Davidson in 1933. |
| Bibliographic reference | Broadfield House (Roger Dodsworth): British Glass Between the Wars, 1987 pp36,73. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.41-1996 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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