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Artist/Maker	Stuart & Sons Ltd (manufacturer) Red House Glassworks (glassworks) Sutherland, Graham Vivian (designer) Lowe, J (glass-maker) Lowe, J (decorated by) Nicklin, J (glass-maker) Nicklin, J (decorated by)
Place of origin	Stourbridge (made)

Clear lead crystal glass bowl, footed bowl wheel-engraved on the underside with two 'melon-slice' shaped panels, divided into three segments with hatched lines along the length of each. The centre portion is filled with a pattern of varying size oval dots.

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Category	Glass
Object type	Bowl
Materials and techniques	Glass, wheel-cut with engraved design Glass Wheel-Engraving
Brief description	Glass bowl with engraved design, Britain (Stourbridge), designed by Graham Sutherland, and probably made and decorated by J Lowe and J Nicklin at Stuart & Sons Ltd (Redhouse glassworks), 1934-35
Physical description	Clear lead crystal glass bowl, footed bowl wheel-engraved on the underside with two 'melon-slice' shaped panels, divided into three segments with hatched lines along the length of each. The centre portion is filled with a pattern of varying size oval dots.
Dimensions	Height: 10.2cm Greatest width width: 31.0cm
Style	20TH GB
Marks and inscriptions	'Stuart England Graham Sutherland' etched on the base (Makers's mark)
Gallery label	One of a range of designs for industrially-made ceramics and glass by contemporary painters and other artists, an experiment aimed at improving British industrial design conceived as a result of the Gorell report into the subject, 1933. All the glassware was made by Stuart & Sons.
Bibliographic reference	Broadfield House: British Glass Between the wars; Eatwell Ann: Harrods Experiment.... V&A/Arts Council: Thirties cat.
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	C.182-1977

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Record created	December 13, 1997
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O3113/bowl-sutherland-graham-vivian/

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