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Bottle and Stopper

1935 (made)
Artist/Maker
Stevens & Williams (manufacturers)
Murray, Keith (designers)
Place of origin
Brierley Hill (made)

Bottle and stopper, mould-blown glass, designed by Keith Murray for Stevens & Williams Glassworks, Brierley Hill, 1935


Object details

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

  • Decanter Body
  • Decanter Stopper
Materials and techniques
Glass, mould-blown
Brief description
Bottle and stopper, mould-blown glass, designed by Keith Murray for Stevens & Williams Glassworks, Brierley Hill, 1935
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.2cm
Style
20TH GB
Marks and inscriptions
Keith Murray S W Brierley' with a fleur-de-lis (Maker's mark, acid-etched)
Gallery label
Bottle and stopper , mould-blown Britain (Brierley Hill), 1935 designed by Keith Murray, for Stevens & Williams Glassworks Gift of makers (C.118 &A-1935) Part of a toilet set. Shown in the exhibition 'British Art in Industry', Royal Academy, London, 1935 .(18/06/2009)
Credit line
Given by the makers
Object history
Part of a toilet set. Shown in the exhibition 'British Art in Industry', Royal Academy, London, 1935
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].
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.118&A-1935

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Record createdJune 18, 2009
Record URL
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