On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Tumbler

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)

Tumbler, wheel-cut glass.

Object details

Categories
Glass
Drinking
Object type
Tumbler
Materials and techniques
Wheel-cut glass
Brief description
Tumbler, 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
Tumbler, wheel-cut glass.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.3cm
Style
20TH GB
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. The ceramics and glassware made for the experiment under the direction of T.A.Fennemore of Brain & Co. were shown first at Harrods in 1934 and then more fully at the exhibition 'British Art in Industry', Royal Academy, London, 1935
Production
Possibly made and cut by J. Lowe and J. Nicklin at Stuart & Sons Ltd (Redhouse Glassworks).
Bibliographic reference
Eatwell Ann, Broadfield House: British glass Between the Wars; V&A.M/Arts Council Thirties cat.
Other number
9532 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
CIRC.136-1961

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
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