Not on display

Oranges and Lemons pattern; The Baby's Opera range from illustrations by Walter Crane.

Flower Trough
ca. 1882 (made)
Artist/Maker
Sowerby Ellison Glassworks (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Gateshead (made)

Glass flower trough, 'Oranges and Lemons' design.

Object details

Categories
Glass
Containers
Object type
Flower trough
TitleOranges and Lemons pattern; The Baby's Opera range from illustrations by Walter Crane. (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Pressed glass
Glass
Brief description
Glass Flower trough, made by Sowerby's Ellison Glass Works Ltd., England (Gateshead-on-Tyne), 1877-1900.
Physical description
Glass flower trough, 'Oranges and Lemons' design.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.5cm
  • Maximum width: 11.0cm
Styles
Victorian
Aesthetic Movement
Gallery label
The Sowerby mould-makers copied illustrations from Walter Crane's childrens' book 'The Baby's Opera' published in 1877, and the 'Oranges and Lemons' design on this piece was one of seven illustrations used.
Credit line
Gift of M. J Franklin
Production
Sowerby's pattern bk.IX, p.5 (1293.5), 'Oranges and Lemons' by Walter Crane.
Bibliographic reference
Cottle (1986;63-67)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.40-1983

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O4698/oranges-and-lemons-pattern-the-flower-trough-sowerby-ellison-glassworks/
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