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Flower Trough

ca. 1879 (made)
Artist/Maker
Sowerby Ellison Glassworks (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Gateshead (made)

Flower trough, Britain (Gateshead-on-Tyne), made by Sowerby & Co., Ellison Glass Works, 1879-1900, C.161-1983 .

Object details

Object type
Flower trough
Materials and techniques
press moulded
Brief description
Flower trough, Britain (Gateshead-on-Tyne), made by Sowerby & Co., Ellison Glass Works, 1879-1900, C.161-1983 .
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.4cm
  • Greatest width width: 13.3cm
Style
VICTORIAN
Gallery label
As here, much of Sowerby's opalescent glass was made in the art-style known as 'Aesthetic'. In 1884 the Pottery Gazette reviewed the International health Exhibition saying that 'their fancy glass should have been in the art gallery, but being of such cheap and popular character, we suppose that it was inadmissable. Still in taste and aesthetic treatment they rank as art goods, notwithstanding their cheapness. We may call it 'Art for the million'
Credit line
Gift of M. J Franklin
Production
Sowerby pattern bk.IX,p6 (1328)
Bibliographic reference
Shown in the V&A exhibition 'Nineteenth Century Pressed Glass', 3 August - 11 September 1983
Other number
7689 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.161-1983

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
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