Tumbler

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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)

Glass tumbler; wheel-cut and acid-etched glass.

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Categories	Glass Drinking
Object type	Tumbler
Materials and techniques	Wheel-cut and acid-etched glass
Brief description	Glass 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	Glass tumbler; wheel-cut and acid-etched glass.
Style	20TH GB
Gallery label	'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	Eatwell Ann, Broadfield House: British glass Between the Wars, V&A.M/Arts Council Thirties cat.
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	CIRC.139-1961

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Record created	December 13, 1997
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O6205/tumbler-nash-paul/

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