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Artist/Maker	Sowerby Ellison Glassworks (manufacturer)
Place of origin	Gateshead (made)

Vase or flower trough, press-moulded, opalescent glass

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Categories	Glass Vases Containers
Object type	Vase
Materials and techniques	Press-moulded, opalescent glass
Brief description	Vase or flower trough, opalescent glass, made by Sowerby & Co., Ellison Glass Works, Britain (Gateshead-on-Tyne), 1879
Physical description	Vase or flower trough, press-moulded, opalescent glass
Dimensions	Height: 5.0cm Maximum width: 8.0cm
Style	Victorian
Marks and inscriptions	(Diamond registration mark for 18/09/1879)
Gallery label	The design of this vase was registered in 1879. As here, much of Sowerby's opalescent glass was in the art-style known as 'Aesthetic'. In 1884 the Pottery Gazette reviewed the International Health Exhibition saying that 'their fancy glass should have been in the art gallery, but being of such a cheap and popular character, we suppose they were inadmissable. Still, in taste and aesthetic treatment they rank as art goods, notwithstanding their cheapness. We may call it 'Art for the million'
Credit line	Gift of Mrs D. How
Other number	7681 - Glass gallery number
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	CIRC.239-1967

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Record created	December 13, 1997
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O6445/vase-sowerby-ellison-glassworks/

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