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Gay Glass

Vase
1933 (made)
Artist/Maker
Thomas Webb & Sons (manufacturer)
Dennis Glassworks (glassworks)
Pitchford, Thomas F (designer)
Place of origin
Stourbridge (made)

Vase, Britain (Stourbridge), designed by Thomas F Pitchford, for Thomas Webb & Sons (Dennis Glass Works), 1933

Object details

Object type
Vase
Titles
  • Gay Glass (manufacturer's title)
  • Old English Bull's Eye pattern/ Sunshine Amber colour (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
mould-blown
Brief description
Vase, Britain (Stourbridge), designed by Thomas F Pitchford, for Thomas Webb & Sons (Dennis Glass Works), 1933
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.5cm
  • Greatest width width: 13.9cm
Style
20TH GB
Marks and inscriptions
'Webb Made in England' acid-etched (Makers's mark)
Gallery label
The Gay Glass range was introduced in 1933. Like glass made by other, contemporary manufacturers such as Whitefriars, the smooth, fluid shapes relying on the qualities of the glass itself for effect, owe much to the prevailing taste for simple sculptural forms made popular by more innovative continental glassmakers. The Sunshine Amber colour contains a significant amount of uranium and was made from a recipe supplied by Webb's Swedish General Manager, Sven Fogelberg, formerly employed at Kosta glassworks, Småland, Sweden
Bibliographic reference
Broadfield House: British Glass Between the Wars
Other number
9574 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.121-1992

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O2307/gay-glass-vase-pitchford-thomas-f/
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