Jelly Glass
1750-1775 (made)
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Object Type
A simple form of jelly glass, with waisted bowl on a plain foot, which was made in infinite variety and huge numbers during the second half of the 18th century and early 19th century.
Materials & Making
As with much Staffordshire pottery of the period, English lead-glass drinking vessels and dessert wares successfully combined refined material with consummate skill. Here, the bowl of a humble jelly glass has been blown into a mould to form a pattern of elongated ovals (as a cheap imitation of wheel-cutting), the 'knop' (a decorative bulbous swelling) probably formed from the pinched end of the mesh-blown bowl, with an applied solid foot. It is said that a glassmakers' 'chair', consisting of a 'gaffer' in his special chair working in a perfectly-orchestrated way with three assistants, could make a three-piece wine glass in four minutes. No doubt this jelly glass would have taken about the same time.
A simple form of jelly glass, with waisted bowl on a plain foot, which was made in infinite variety and huge numbers during the second half of the 18th century and early 19th century.
Materials & Making
As with much Staffordshire pottery of the period, English lead-glass drinking vessels and dessert wares successfully combined refined material with consummate skill. Here, the bowl of a humble jelly glass has been blown into a mould to form a pattern of elongated ovals (as a cheap imitation of wheel-cutting), the 'knop' (a decorative bulbous swelling) probably formed from the pinched end of the mesh-blown bowl, with an applied solid foot. It is said that a glassmakers' 'chair', consisting of a 'gaffer' in his special chair working in a perfectly-orchestrated way with three assistants, could make a three-piece wine glass in four minutes. No doubt this jelly glass would have taken about the same time.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Glass, with mould-blown ribbing |
| Brief description | Jelly glass, England, 1740-1780 |
| Physical description | Bowl: honeycomb-moulded |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs. C. E. M. Parker |
| Summary | Object Type A simple form of jelly glass, with waisted bowl on a plain foot, which was made in infinite variety and huge numbers during the second half of the 18th century and early 19th century. Materials & Making As with much Staffordshire pottery of the period, English lead-glass drinking vessels and dessert wares successfully combined refined material with consummate skill. Here, the bowl of a humble jelly glass has been blown into a mould to form a pattern of elongated ovals (as a cheap imitation of wheel-cutting), the 'knop' (a decorative bulbous swelling) probably formed from the pinched end of the mesh-blown bowl, with an applied solid foot. It is said that a glassmakers' 'chair', consisting of a 'gaffer' in his special chair working in a perfectly-orchestrated way with three assistants, could make a three-piece wine glass in four minutes. No doubt this jelly glass would have taken about the same time. |
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| Accession number | C.9-1950 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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