Vase
1932 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Vase, Britain (Brierley Hill), designed by Keith Murray, for Stevens & Williams Glassworks, 1932
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Wheel-cut glass |
| Brief description | Vase, Britain (Brierley Hill), designed by Keith Murray, for Stevens & Williams Glassworks, 1932 |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'K M S & W /32' incised (Makers's mark)
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| Gallery label | Keith Day Pearce Murray, a New Zealander trained as an architect. During the 1930 when architectural commissions were scarce he made designs for Steven & Williams glass (from 1932), Wedgwood ceramics (from 1932-3) and Mappin & Webbb silver (from 1934). He acknowledged his debt to Swedish glass engraving which he saw at the international exhibition held in Paris in 1925 and the Exhibition of Swedish Industrial Art (see 9524) held at Dorland House, London, 1931 |
| Credit line | Given by the Secretary of the British Institute of Industrial Art |
| Object history | This is one of the first designs by Keith Murray for Stevens and Williams, design number 101A |
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| Other number | 9527 - Glass gallery number |
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| Accession number | C.517-1934 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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