Design for champagne glass
Glassware Design
c.1860 (Drawn)
c.1860 (Drawn)
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In the upper part of the sheet a profile of a stemmed glass silhouetted against the blacked background of the sheet. The sides of the bowl are straight and slightly flaired and there are two knobs in the stem. Underneath this the background is not blacked and there is the plan of the glass with two circles one inside the other, made using a compass, the hole for which is in the centre of the circles.
Object details
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| Title | Design for champagne glass (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | pencil, pen, ink, watercolour |
| Brief description | Philip Webb. Champagne glass. One of 15 designs for table glass and glassware. British, c.1860 |
| Physical description | In the upper part of the sheet a profile of a stemmed glass silhouetted against the blacked background of the sheet. The sides of the bowl are straight and slightly flaired and there are two knobs in the stem. Underneath this the background is not blacked and there is the plan of the glass with two circles one inside the other, made using a compass, the hole for which is in the centre of the circles. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Across the centre of the bowl, in pencil: No. 7. Some traces of ink writing on the lower right edge (see explanation in note field). Directly below the blacked area, on the left hand side is the V&A stamp: VAM. (This sheet is part of the same sheets as E.337 and 338-1944, the original sheet having been cut vertically into at least three separate sheets and an inscription across the bottom is divided between them. The drawing is presently stuck down on a backing sheet and it is not possible to see the back.) |
| Gallery label | Philip Speakman Webb (1831-1915)
Designs for wine glasses
British
Pencil, pen and ink and wash
Webb is best known as the architect of Red House,
Bexley Heath, London, the rambling red brick
house that he designed for his friend William
Morris. Webb designed for a wide range of
decorative arts including stained glass, wallpaper,
lettering, silver, jewellery, embroidery and
furniture. Many of these he designed for Morris,
Marshall, Faulkner & Co, (later Morris & Co),
in which he was a partner. These designs for
champagne and wine glasses were for James
Powell & Sons Whitefriars glass works. With the
attention to detail that typified the work of Arts
and Crafts designers Webb shows both the inner
and outer profile of each glass together with a
section of the stem.
E.336-9-1944 Given by Dorothy Walker |
| Credit line | Given by Miss Dorothy Walker |
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| Accession number | E.336-1944 |
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| Record created | April 16, 2004 |
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