Vitro-porcelain
Flower Holder
ca. 1878 (made)
ca. 1878 (made)
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Two-handled press-moulded glass flower holder.
Object details
Object type | |
Title | Vitro-porcelain (manufacturer's title) |
Materials and techniques | press moulded |
Brief description | Flower holder, Britain (Gateshead-on-Tyne), made by Sowerby & Co., Ellison Glass Works, 1878-1900, C.205-1983 . |
Physical description | Two-handled press-moulded glass flower holder. |
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Gallery label | The design was copied directly from a porcelain plate hand painted by Miss E.Howard in 1877 and entitled 'Gathering Apples'. Sowerby's named their opaque glass 'Vitro-porcelain'. It was produced in a number of colours |
Credit line | Gift of M. J Franklin |
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Other number | 7691 - Glass gallery number |
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Accession number | C.205-1983 |
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Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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