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Decanter and Stopper

1933 (made)
Artist/Maker
Stevens & Williams (manufacturers)
Murray, Keith (designers)
Place of origin
Brierley Hill (made)

Decanter, enamelled glass, designed by Keith Murray for Stevens & Williams Glassworks, Brierley Hill, 1933


Object details

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

  • Decanters
  • Stoppers (Container Components)
Materials and techniques
Glass, enamelled
Brief description
Decanter, enamelled glass, designed by Keith Murray for Stevens & Williams Glassworks, Brierley Hill, 1933
Dimensions
  • Height: 29cm
  • Diameter: 11cm
Style
20TH GB
Marks and inscriptions
Keith Murray S W Brierley' with a fleur-de-lis (Maker's mark, acid-etched)
Gallery label
Decanter , enamelled Britain (Brierley Hill), 1933 designed by Keith Murray, for Stevens & Williams Glassworks (Circ.422 &A-1975) .(18/06/2009)
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]. British Industrial art in relation to the Home, Dorland Hall, 1933, A.R. vol.lXXIV, 1933, p35. Design for Today, 1933, p.53. Studio Year book, 1935, p.124. Industrial art, vol. 1, 1936, p.84.
Other number
0494 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
CIRC.422&A-1975

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Record createdJune 18, 2009
Record URL
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