Decanter
ca. 1850 (made)
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Decanter, cut glass, made by W. H. B. & J. Richardson, Stourbridge, about 1850
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Cut glass |
| Brief description | Decanter, cut glass, made by W. H. B. & J. Richardson, Stourbridge, about 1850 |
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| Gallery label | Decanter , cut England (Stourbridge), about 1850 made by W. H. B. & J. Richardson (C.54 &A-1970) This decanter is similar in design to pieces shown by Richardson's in the Great Exhibition of 1851. The cut glass decanter was a staple product of the Victorian glass manufacturers. It was an essential feature of every middle-class home in spite of the critic Ruskin's condemnation of cutting as 'barbarous'. A later writer termed it 'death by a thousand cuts', and another declared such an object to being better suited to 'braining a burglar' than decorating a table. Richardson also made wares with 'appropriate' ornament, such as the enamelled jug and sherry decanter shown alongside, which illustrate the recommendations of design reformers like Henry Cole (see label number 9252 and 9254). .(18/06/2009) |
| Object history | This decanter is similar in design to pieces shown by Richardson's in the Great Exhibition of 1851. The cut glass decanter was a staple product of the Victorian glass manufacturers. It was an essential feature of every middle-class home in spite of the critic Ruskin's condemnation of cutting as 'barbarous'. A later writer termed it 'death by a thousand cuts', and another declared such an object to being better suited to 'braining a burglar' than decorating a table. Richardson also made wares with 'appropriate' ornament, such as the enamelled jug and sherry decanter shown alongside, which illustrate the recommendations of design reformers like Henry Cole (see label number 9252 and 9254). |
| Other number | 9253 - Glass gallery number |
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| Accession number | C.54&A-1970 |
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| Record created | June 18, 2009 |
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