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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Glass, Room 131

Bowl

1934-35 (made)
Artist/Maker
Stevens & Williams (manufacturer)
Murray, Keith (designer)
Place of origin
Brierley Hill (made)

Bowl, wheel-cut glass.


Object details

Category
Glass
Object type
Bowl
Materials and techniques
Wheel-cut glass
Brief description
Glass bowl, designed by Keith Murray, for Stevens & Williams Glassworks, Britain (Brierley Hill), ca. 1934-35
Physical description
Bowl, wheel-cut glass.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.5cm
  • Maximum width: 29.3cm
Style
20TH GB
Marks and inscriptions
'Keith Murray S W Brierley' and a fleur-de-lis (Makers's mark, acid-etched)
Gallery label
Keith Day Pearce Murray, a New Zealander trained as an architect. During the 1930s when archiectural commissions were scarce he made designs for Stevens & Williams glass (from 1932), Wedgwood ceramics (from 1932-3) and Mappin & Webb silver (from 1934)
Object history
design number 543A
Bibliographic references
  • Hawkins, J: Circ leaflets The Thirties and Keith Murray and V&A.M./Arts Council: Thirties cat. Taylor, Diane, various
  • C.R. Hajdamach, 20th-century British Glass, Woodbridge 2009, p. 157, illustrates the design for this bowl which he dates ca. 1934-35.
Other number
9543 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
CIRC.286-1939

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O6541/bowl-murray-keith/
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