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Decanter and Stopper

ca. 1936 (made)
Artist/Maker
Stevens & Williams (manufacturers)
Murray, Keith (designers)
Place of origin
Brierley Hill (made)

Decanter, wheel-cut glass, designed by Keith Murray for Stevens & Williams Glassworks, Brierley Hill, about 1936

Object details

Categories
Glass
Drinking
Object type
Decanter and stopper
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Decanter
  • Stopper
Materials and techniques
Glass, wheel-cut
Brief description
Decanter, wheel-cut glass, designed by Keith Murray for Stevens & Williams Glassworks, Brierley Hill, about 1936
Dimensions
  • Height: 22cm
Style
20TH GB
Gallery label
(18/06/2009)
Decanter , wheel-cut Britain (Brierley Hill), about 1936 designed by Keith Murray, for Stevens & Williams Glassworks Gift of Council for Art & Industry (Circ.431 &A-1954) .
Credit line
Given by the Council for Art and Industry
Production
Keith Day Pearce Murray (1891-1981) a New Zealander, trained as an architect. During the 1930s when architectural commissions were scarce he made designs for Stevens & williams glass (from 1932), Wedgwood ceramics (from 1932-3) and Mappin & Webb silver (from 1934).
Bibliographic references
  • Opie, Jennifer Hawkins and Marianne Hollis. Thirties : British art and design before the war / an exhibition organised by the Arts Council in collaboration with the Victoria & Albert Museum. London : Arts Council, 1979.
  • Hawkins, J. The Thirties. [Circulation leaflet]. 1975.
  • Taylor, Diane. [Various publications].
Other number
0457 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
CIRC.431&A-1954

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Record createdJune 18, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O249569/decanter-and-stopper-murray-keith/
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