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The Glass Gallery

This section of our Website aims to illustrate various examples of the many different types of glassware that have been produced over the years.

We have chosen examples of glass from the most prominent manufacturers, including Monart, Orrefors, Whitefriars, Thomas Webb & Sons, Jobling, Nazeing, Sowerby and Val St. Lambert.

No matter how inclusive we aspire to be, it is inevitable that we will have missed out certain types and varieties of glass. We hope to expand the glass gallery in the future and illustrate examples of glass from a more expansive range of manufacturers.

 

 
Monart Vase

Monart Vase

C1930, Pink and blue and white interior, Shape CB, colour code 42. Made for Liberty and Co. London by the Ysart family at the John Moncrieff Ltd.
Perth Scotland.
 
 
 
Orrefors Lindstrand

Orrefors Vase

Marks: Orrefors Lindsrand 1049 A1 KR.Designed 1931 one of the earliest examples of LIndstrand engraving on optical glass. The A1 shows this to be 1935 production and the KR that the engraver was Karl Rössler.
 
Late Regency Blue Wine

Regency Wine

C1830, trumpet bowl on merise. Central blade knop and plain foot. Height 5.2 inches, (13.2 cm).
 
 
Whitefriars Paperweight

Whitefriars Paperweight

Paperweight in Sapphire blue and trapped bubbles. Pattern number 9308. Made by Whitefriars Ltd.
at Wealdstone, England. Circa 1949 - 1980.*
 
Jobling

Jobling Elephant

Elephant Statuette in ‘Opalique’ glass.
Circa 1934 - 39.
 
Nazeing

Nazeing Bowl

Purple with translucent swirls. Made in the Nazeing Glassworks, Broxborne, England.
Circa 1930 -1939.

 
 
Cameo Glass

Cameo Glass Vase

Cameo is an old decorative technique, revived in the 19th Century, when John Northwood received a commission from Philip Pargeter, in 1873, to make a replica of the Portland Vase. Northwood, using only hand tools specially developed for the task, completed the replica in 1876.

By the late 1880s, Webb, Stevens and Williams and John Walsh-Walsh were the leaders in this field of decoration, using labour-saving aids such as acid, as well as hand tools, for fine details. Some of the finest work was by the Woodall brothers, George and Thomas.

For information about George and Thomas Woodall, Click Here to read an article about their work.
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Monart Glass

Monart Glass

Circa 1930: A bowl, made by the Ysart family at the John Moncrieff Ltd. Perth Scotland Glassworks.
 
 
Sowerby Custard Cup

Sowerby Custard Cup

Engraved with ferns and grass. Sowerby peacock trademark. Circa 1890 - 1920.
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Val St. Lambert - Belgium

Val St. Lambert   Val St. Lambert - Detail

Design: Modeste Denoe
Circa: 1922-1926
Cameo: Ruby over amber over clear.
Height: 60cm (24 inches).

Larger view shows detail of engraving.

 
 
Orrefors

Orrefors Vase

A 'Fish Graal' vase for Orrefors. Designed by Edward Hald in 1937. Manufactured in 1972.
Pattern No. 301-G.
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Thomas Webb & Sons

Thomas Webb and Son

Nut or Bonbon dish. Circa 1930.

 
 
Monart Glass

Monart Vase

Circa 1930: A vase, made by the Ysart family at the John Moncrieff Ltd. Perth Scotland Glassworks.
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