Gay Glass

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Glass, Room 131

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

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

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