On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Vase

1932 (made)
Artist/Maker
Mrs Graydon-Stannus' Glassworks (manufacturer)
Billinghurst, A. Noel (designer)
Manning, James (glass-blower)
Billinghurst, A. Noel (engraver (inciser))
Place of origin
Battersea (made)

Vase, Britain (Battersea, London), designed and engraved by A Noel Billinghurst, and probably blown by James Manning at Mrs Graydon-Stannus' glassworks, The Graydon Studios, 1932

Object details

Categories
Glass
Vases
Object type
Vase
Materials and techniques
Engraved glass
Brief description
Vase, Britain (Battersea, London), designed and engraved by A Noel Billinghurst, and probably blown by James Manning at Mrs Graydon-Stannus' glassworks, The Graydon Studios, 1932
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.7cm
Style
20TH GB
Marks and inscriptions
'Noel Billinghurst 1932' engraved (Signature)
Gallery label
A.Noel Billinghurst was chief designer for The Graydon Studios, a glassworks owned by Mrs E Graydon-Stannus which is probably best known for its near-reproduction of 18thC Irish and English glass. However, at the same time, the glassworks worked a substantial line of art glass under the name 'Gray-Stan' for which Billinghurst was responsible. The glass was sold in Pont Street London and abroad, particularly in America. While the commercial art production was largely of free-blown coloured glass (the chief gaffer was the Irishman James Manning) this vase is one of Billinghurst's personal works.
Bibliographic reference
Broadfield House: British Glass Between the Wars
Other number
9540 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.74-1972

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O5710/vase-billinghurst-a-noel/
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