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Flute

1934 (made)
Artist/Maker
Stuart & Sons Ltd (manufacturer)
Red House Glassworks (glassworks)
Nash, Paul (designer)
Lowe, J. (glass-maker)
Nicklin, J. (glass-maker)
Place of origin
Stourbridge (made)

Wheel-cut glass flute (wine glass).

Object details

Categories
Glass
Drinking
Object type
Flute
Materials and techniques
Wheel-cut glass
Brief description
Flute, glass, designed by Paul Nash, and possibly made and cut by J Lowe and J Nicklin at Stuart & Sons Ltd (Redhouse Glassworks), Britain (Stourbridge), 1934
Physical description
Wheel-cut glass flute (wine glass).
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.5cm
Style
20TH GB
Marks and inscriptions
'Designed by Paul Nash' (Makers's mark, acid-etched)
Gallery label
One of a range of designs for industrially-made ceramics and glass by contemporary painters and other artists, an experiment aimed at improving British industrial design conceived as a result of the Gorell report into the subject, 1933. All the glassware was made by Stuart & Sons.
'54. Four Drinking Glasses
Designed by Paul Nash (British, 1889-1946)
Made by Stuart & Sons, Stourbridge, Great Britain, 1934
Clear colourless glass with cut decoration
Bequeathed by Mrs Paul Nash
Circ.132, 5, 7, 9-1961

Paul Nash, resident of the Society of Industrial Aritsts from 1932-3, was one of the 'fine' artists invovled in the drive to make British design compete on an international level. The shapes of his glasses draw heavily on traditional British glass but the decoration, which included continuing the pattern across the usual distinction between stem and bowl, was distinctly 'modern'.'
Production
Possibly made and cut by J. Lowe and J. Nicklin at Stuart & Sons Ltd (Redhouse Glassworks).
Bibliographic reference
Broadfield House: British glass Between the Wars; Eatwell Ann....; V&A.M/Arts Council Thirties cat.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
CIRC.132-1961

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O6186/flute-nash-paul/
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