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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Glass, Room 131

Centre-Piece

1850-1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
England (made)

Fountain with birds and a ship, lamp-worked glass under a glass dome, possibly made in St Helens, England, 1850-1900

Object details

Categories
Glass
SCRAN
Object type
Centre-piece
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Dome
  • Group
Materials and techniques
Glass
Glass
Lamp Working
Brief description
Fountain with birds and a ship, lamp-worked glass under a glass dome, possibly made in St Helens, England, 1850-1900
Dimensions
  • Without dome height: 46.4cm
Height exclusive of dome
Style
British
Credit line
Given by Mrs. Westerling; Restored with funds raised in memory of Jonathan Nevitt
Subject depicted
Bird
Bibliographic references
  • See RF 2019/833 for discussion of the conservation project, analysis report, for display in Gallery 131.
  • Five similar works under domes were auctioned at Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, English and European Ceramics and Glass - 16 Jun 2021, LOT 105. Two of these had similar glass bases.
Other number
6578 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.772&A-1936

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O5743/centre-piece-unknown/
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