Not currently on display at the V&A

Decanter and Stopper

ca. 1904 (made)
Artist/Maker
James Powell & Sons (manufacturers)
Place of origin
London (made)

Decanter with silver mounts, engraved, made by J. Powell & Sons, London, about 1904


Object details

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

  • Bottle
  • Stopper
Materials and techniques
Glass, engraved
Brief description
Decanter with silver mounts, engraved, made by J. Powell & Sons, London, about 1904
Dimensions
  • Height: 27cm
Style
Victorian
Gallery label
Decanter with silver mounts , engraved England (London), about 1904 made by J. Powell & Sons Gift of the manufacturer (C.86 &A-1923) Said by the makers to be a copy of a German stoneware 'Schwarzwald' bottle of the 1780s, in the Germanisches Museum, Nuremberg. Harry Powell visited Nuremberg in 1904. .(18/06/2009)
Credit line
Given by James Powell & Sons (manufacturer)
Production
Shape no. 1569. Said by the makers to be a copy of a German stoneware 'Schwarzwald' bottle of the 1780s, in the Germanisches Museum, Nuremberg. Harry Powell visited Nuremberg in 1904. Conversation with Wendy Evans Museum of London 3.12.93 (1) MoL Archive 4011 dated drawing in green watercolour 'Sept. 1904' 'seagreen must be snail(?) shape' 'Flat. Schwarzwald Bottle Nürnberg. Silver cork' (2) MoL Archive 3252/1 Harry Powell notebook 'Glasses with Histories' Flat Schwarzald bottle in Germanisches Museum Nürnberg sold with silver cork taken from one of the small domed pinnacles in Nuremberg the bottle is engraved with a wreath and dated '1782'.
Other number
1073 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.86&A-1923

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Record createdJune 18, 2009
Record URL
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