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Decanter and Stopper

ca. 1905 (made)
Artist/Maker
Stevens & Williams (manufacturer)
Cartwright, Thomas (made by)
Hodgetts, Joshua (cut by)
Place of origin
Brierley Hill (made)

A large 'rock crystal' chianti decanter, the globular form cut with pillars below leaf-scroll, the very tall slender neck cut with scrolling foliage between bands of circlets in the art nouveau style; faceted spire stopper and everted foot with star-cut base.

Object details

Object type
Decanter and stopper
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Decanter
  • Stopper
Materials and techniques
glass; blown, cut, engraved and polished ('Rock crystal')
Glass
Cut
Engraved
Brief description
Glass decanter

Glass stopper
Physical description
A large 'rock crystal' chianti decanter, the globular form cut with pillars below leaf-scroll, the very tall slender neck cut with scrolling foliage between bands of circlets in the art nouveau style; faceted spire stopper and everted foot with star-cut base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 50.5cm
Style
VICTORIAN
Object history
This decanter is recorded as pattern no.35125 in Brierley's Description Book 30 for 1905, priced at 38/6d. This, and the other related pieces listed, were all purchased at the Sotheby's sale of 'The Royal Brierley Collection of English Glass' (03/03/1998).
Production
This decanter is recorded as pattern no.35125 in Brierley's Description Book 30 for 1905, priced at 38/6d. Thomas Cartwright was a master glass-maker at Stevens & Williams glassworks (now Royal Brierley Crystal)
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Lot no.155 in Sotheby's catalogue, 'The Royal Brierley Collection of English Glass', 3rd March 1998. See also pattern no.35125 in Brierley's description Book 30 (1905).
  • Barbara Morris, Victorian Table Glass & Ornaments, London 1978, p. 29-30, fig. 11
  • Trumble, A. and Wolk Rager, A (eds.) Edwardian Opulence: British Art at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013. p.190
  • Detailed catalogue of the exhibits of a loan exhibition of Stourbridge glass, Stourbridge, 1951 139
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.118:1&2-1998

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Record createdNovember 21, 2000
Record URL
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