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
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
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
C1830, trumpet bowl on merise. Central blade knop and plain foot. Height 5.2 inches, (13.2 cm).
Whitefriars Paperweight
Paperweight in Sapphire blue and trapped bubbles. Pattern number 9308. Made by Whitefriars Ltd.
at Wealdstone, England. Circa 1949 - 1980.
Jobling
Elephant Statuette
in ‘Opalique’ glass.
Circa 1934 - 39.
Nazeing
Purple with translucent swirls. Made in the Nazeing Glassworks, Broxborne, England.
Circa 1930 -1939.
Cameo Glass
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.