Vitro-porcelain
Spill Vase
1877 (made)
1877 (made)
Artist/Maker | |
Place of origin |
Spill vase, Britain (Gateshead-on-Tyne), made by Sowerby & Co., Ellison Glass Works, 1877-1900, C.159-1983 .
Object details
Object type | |
Title | Vitro-porcelain (manufacturer's title) |
Materials and techniques | press moulded |
Brief description | Spill vase, Britain (Gateshead-on-Tyne), made by Sowerby & Co., Ellison Glass Works, 1877-1900, C.159-1983 . |
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Style | |
Marks and inscriptions | Diamond registration mark for 7/1877 (Diamond registration mark) |
Gallery label | Sowerby's named their opaque glass 'Vitro-porcelain' It was produced in a number of colours including, as here, a black known as 'Jet'. The design of this vase was registered in 1877 |
Credit line | Gift of M. J Franklin |
Production | Sowerby's pattern bk.IX, p.3 (1236) |
Other number | 7687 - Glass gallery number |
Collection | |
Accession number | C.159-1983 |
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Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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