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Tumbler

1934 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tumbler, wheel-cut and acid-etched glass.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Wheel-cut and acid-etched glass
Brief description
Tumbler, 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
Tumbler, wheel-cut and acid-etched glass.
Style
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.
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.
Other number
0493 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.138-1961

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
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