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Glass Ware Collection

Background imageGlass Ware Collection: Angel Musician - Window

Angel Musician - Window
One angel helps Saint Cecilia play the organ, while another holds a lyre : thanks to this heavenly instruction, she will become the patron saint of musicians

Background imageGlass Ware Collection: Stain Glass St Stephen

Stain Glass St Stephen
Saint Stephen wears a many- coloured dream coat in this window in York minster

Background imageGlass Ware Collection: Royal Wedding 1947 - wedding gift from US president

Royal Wedding 1947 - wedding gift from US president
A wedding gift for Princess Elizabeth on her marriage to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten on 20 November 1947, from the President of the United States of America, Harry S

Background imageGlass Ware Collection: Art Deco Stained Glass

Art Deco Stained Glass
A typically colourful leaded stained glass window with a simple Art Deco design, actually in the front door of 17 Braemar Gardens, West Wickham, The 1940s House

Background imageGlass Ware Collection: Dingle Winners

Dingle Winners
A happy middle-aged man and some children, with the glassware and ceramics they have won at the fair at Dingle racecourse County Kerry, Ireland. Date: 1962

Background imageGlass Ware Collection: Art Nouveau Glassware

Art Nouveau Glassware
Art Nouveau has come in for a lot of satirical comment, and looking at these German items, one can see why. A few are elegant, but most are either boring or silly

Background imageGlass Ware Collection: Bohemian glass by Harrach and Hofmann

Bohemian glass by Harrach and Hofmann
A selection of Bohemian fancy glass on display at the International Exhibition of 1862, featuring pieces by two manufacturers, Harrach of Bohemia, and Hofmann of Prague. Date: 1862

Background imageGlass Ware Collection: Bohemian glass at the Great Exhibition, 1851

Bohemian glass at the Great Exhibition, 1851
A display of fancy Bohemian coloured glass on display at the Great Exhibition in 1851. Date: 1851

Background imageGlass Ware Collection: Lalique advertisement

Lalique advertisement
Advertisement for glassware by the renowned Rene Lalique, available from Breves Lalique Galleries near Sloane Street, London. Date: 1930

Background imageGlass Ware Collection: Selfridges, London - Glass Section

Selfridges, London - Glass Section
Selfridges & Co, Oxford Street, London - Glass Section. Founded by American-born retail magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge (1858 - 1947), the Flagship store in Oxford Street was opened in 1909

Background imageGlass Ware Collection: Summer Fruit Drinks

Summer Fruit Drinks
What could be nicer during hot summer weather than a glass of lemon barley water or lime juice cordial, with a slice of lemon or lime, in nice glassware with straws?

Background imageGlass Ware Collection: Stained Glass Cheshire

Stained Glass Cheshire
Window depicting the earls of Mercia and Cheshire : regrettably the source indicates neither the location nor when it was done, but Chester cathedral is likely

Background imageGlass Ware Collection: Tiffany Glassware

Tiffany Glassware
An unbelievably hideous item of Tiffany glassware, designed by Hugo Schnaper, who alone knows what its meant to be, or what function it is intended to perform

Background imageGlass Ware Collection: Stain Glass at Le Mans

Stain Glass at Le Mans
The Apostles watch the ascension of Jesus in this window at Le Mans, France, supposed to date from the 13th century

Background imageGlass Ware Collection: Stain Glass Crucifixion

Stain Glass Crucifixion
A magnificent representation of Jesuss crucifixion in a brightly coloured window at Poitiers, France

Background imageGlass Ware Collection: Stain Glass Rouen

Stain Glass Rouen
The life of Saint Gervais is depicted in a series of panels in this window at Saint Ouen, Rouen, France

Background imageGlass Ware Collection: Stain Glass York Minster

Stain Glass York Minster
The figure of Saint Margaret depicted in the west window of the north aisle of York minster

Background imageGlass Ware Collection: Owen Jones Renaiss 80

Owen Jones Renaiss 80
Ornaments copied from enamelled earthenware, glassware, a carved wood panel and silk embroidery, mostly of the 16th and 17th centuries

Background imageGlass Ware Collection: Justus Liebig / 5 of 6

Justus Liebig / 5 of 6
JUSTUS VON LIEBIG German scientist lecturing at Munich University

Background imageGlass Ware Collection: Justus Liebig / 3 of 6

Justus Liebig / 3 of 6
JUSTUS VON LIEBIG German scientist is given his own laboratory at Giessen University

Background imageGlass Ware Collection: Glass Polishers

Glass Polishers
Glass polishers putting the finishing touches to various pieces of glassware

Background imageGlass Ware Collection: Stained Glass Design

Stained Glass Design
A pretty design for painted glass by a leading designer which includes a standard orange bush in a tub and a star-strewn sky

Background imageGlass Ware Collection: Stain Glass Chartres

Stain Glass Chartres
This window at Chartres, France, depicts Amaury de Montfort, a celebrated French noble, though it could be anyone, really

Background imageGlass Ware Collection: Stained Glass West Abbey

Stained Glass West Abbey
Windows in Westminster Abbey representing the poets George Herbert and William Cowper, donated by the American benefactor George William Childs

Background imageGlass Ware Collection: Phoenician Glassware1

Phoenician Glassware1
Three glass items from Phoenicia : the vase on the left is a strikingly modern design

Background imageGlass Ware Collection: Engraving Glassware

Engraving Glassware
An engraver putting the finishing touches to some beautifully engraved glass goblets and glass decanter


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