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Tumbler

ca. 1903 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Walton, George (designer)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Goblet of blown glass with green tint


Object details

Category
Scotland
Object type
Tumbler
Materials and techniques
Blown glass
Glass
Glass-Blowing
Brief description
Tumbler, designed by George Walton, Britain, about 1903
Physical description
Goblet of blown glass with green tint
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.7cm
  • Width: 7.7cm
Style
VICTORIAN
Credit line
Given by Mrs. George Walton
Object history
Part of a set of clear, green table glass designed by the Glasgow architect and designer George Henry Walton (1867–1933). This set of tewnty was exhibited at the Arts & Crafts Exhibition 1903. Seven surviving pieces of this set were given to the Museum by George’s widow Mrs George Walton in 1953.
Production
Part of a set of clear, green table glass designed by the Glasgow architect and designer George Henry Walton (1867–1933). This set of tewnty was exhibited at the Arts & Crafts Exhibition 1903. Seven surviving pieces of this set were given to the Museum by George’s widow Mrs George Walton.
Barbara Morris assumed that these were probably made by Powell’s. However, George Walton is not mentioned in the Whitefriars book by Evans, Ross and Werner. In Lesley Jackson, Whitefriars Glass: Art of James Powell & Sons, 1996, George Walton is mentioned, but not as a designer for Whitefriars. In the catalogue of the Arts & Crafts Exhibition 1903, no manufacture is specified for the set. Powell’s also participated in the exhibition.
Bibliographic references
  • Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society : catalogue of the seventh exhibition 1903, the New Gallery, 121 Regent St. 1903, p. 140 cat 360, North Gallery Recess No. 5. By George Walton: 360i, ‘set of table glass (20 pieces)’ and 360j, ‘set of glass vases (6 pieces)’
  • Barbara Morris, Victorian Table Glass and Ornaments, London 1979, p. 184, mentions this set.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
CIRC.110-1953

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Record createdFebruary 4, 1999
Record URL
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