Not on display

Salt Cellar

1892 (design registered)
Artist/Maker
Sowerby Ellison Glassworks (manufacturers)
Place of origin
Gateshead (made)

Salt cellar, one of a pair, pressed glass, made by Sowerby's Ellison Glass Works Ltd., Gateshead-on-Tyne, design registered 1892

Object details

Categories
Glass
Eating
Object type
Salt cellar
Materials and techniques
Pressed glass
Glass
Brief description
Salt cellar, one of a pair, pressed glass, made by Sowerby's Ellison Glass Works Ltd., Gateshead-on-Tyne, design registered 1892
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.9cm
  • Diameter: 6.5cm
Style
Victorian
Marks and inscriptions
Registration number for 11/1892
Gallery label
(18/06/2009)
Pair of salt cellars , pressed glass England (Gateshead-on-Tyne), design registered 1892 made by Sowerby's Ellison Glass Works Ltd. Gift of M. J. Franklin (C.32 and A-1983) .
Credit line
Gift of M. J Franklin
Production
Sowerby's pattern bk. XIV, no.1949
Associated object
C.32-1983 (Set)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.32A-1983

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Record createdJune 18, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O250049/salt-cellar-sowerby-ellison-glassworks/
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