Decanter and Stopper

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Artist/Maker	Stevens & Williams (manufacturer) Cartwright, Thomas (made by) Hodgetts, Joshua (cut by)
Place of origin	Brierley Hill (made)

A large 'rock crystal' chianti decanter, the globular form cut with pillars below leaf-scroll, the very tall slender neck cut with scrolling foliage between bands of circlets in the art nouveau style; faceted spire stopper and everted foot with star-cut base.

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Object type	Decanter and stopper
Parts	This object consists of 2 parts. Decanter Stopper
Materials and techniques	glass; blown, cut, engraved and polished ('Rock crystal') Glass Cut Engraved
Brief description	Glass decanter Glass stopper
Physical description	A large 'rock crystal' chianti decanter, the globular form cut with pillars below leaf-scroll, the very tall slender neck cut with scrolling foliage between bands of circlets in the art nouveau style; faceted spire stopper and everted foot with star-cut base.
Dimensions	Height: 50.5cm
Style	VICTORIAN
Object history	This decanter is recorded as pattern no.35125 in Brierley's Description Book 30 for 1905, priced at 38/6d. This, and the other related pieces listed, were all purchased at the Sotheby's sale of 'The Royal Brierley Collection of English Glass' (03/03/1998).
Production	This decanter is recorded as pattern no.35125 in Brierley's Description Book 30 for 1905, priced at 38/6d. Thomas Cartwright was a master glass-maker at Stevens & Williams glassworks (now Royal Brierley Crystal)
Associated objects	C.119-1998 (Source) C.120-1998 (Source) C.121:1-1998 (Source) C.121:2-1998 (Source)
Bibliographic references	Lot no.155 in Sotheby's catalogue, 'The Royal Brierley Collection of English Glass', 3rd March 1998. See also pattern no.35125 in Brierley's description Book 30 (1905). Barbara Morris, Victorian Table Glass & Ornaments, London 1978, p. 29-30, fig. 11 Trumble, A. and Wolk Rager, A (eds.) Edwardian Opulence: British Art at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013. p.190 Detailed catalogue of the exhibits of a loan exhibition of Stourbridge glass, Stourbridge, 1951 139
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	C.118:1&2-1998

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Record created	November 21, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O49444/decanter-and-stopper-cartwright-thomas/

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