Celery Glass
1934 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Celery glass, Britain (Stourbridge), designed by Eric William Ravilious, and possibly made and cut by J Lowe and J Nicklin at Stuart & Sons Ltd (Redhouse Glassworks), 1934
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Cut and engraved glass |
| Brief description | Celery glass, Britain (Stourbridge), designed by Eric William Ravilious, and possibly made and cut by J Lowe and J Nicklin at Stuart & Sons Ltd (Redhouse Glassworks), 1934 |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Designed Eric Ravilious Stuart' acid-etched (Makers's mark) |
| Gallery label | One of a range of designs for industrially-made ceramics and glass by contemporary painters and other artists, an experiment aimed at improving British industrial design conceived as a result of the Gorell report into the subject, 1933. All the glassware was made by Stuart & Sons. This glass was included in a post-war British Council travelling exhibition in Canada and the USA, arranged by Lady Cecilia Sempill, formerly of Dunbar Hay, a shop selling modern design during the late 1930s. The ceramics and glassware made for the experiment under the direction of T A Fennemore of Brain & Co., were shown first at Harrods, 1934 and then more fully at the exhibition 'British Art in Industry', Royal Academy, London, 1935 |
| Production | Possibly made and cut by J. Lowe and J. Nicklin at Stuart & Sons Ltd (Redhouse Galssworks). |
| Bibliographic reference | Broadfield House: British glass Between the Wars; Eatwell Ann....; V&A.M/Arts Council Thirties cat.
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| Other number | 9533 - Glass gallery number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.312-1961 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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