CHAPTER 20: GLASS

Figure 20.6: Glass canister and stopper, c. 1700-25. Mould-blown honeycomb decoration. Height 14 cm (5 ½ in). Broadfield House Glass Museum, Kingswinford 

Figure 20.7: Glass canister and stopper, c. 1755-60. Copper-wheel engraved with the word ‘GREEN’ within a garland. Height 14 cm (5 1/2 in); width 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in). Reproduced from W. A. Thorpe, English and Irish Glass, 1927 

Figure 20.8: Pair of opaque-white glass canisters with gilt-metal and enamel lids, probably South Staffordshire, c. 1755-60. Cold-painted decoration of birds, flowers and cartouches with names of teas, ‘GREEN’ and ‘BOHEA’. Height 14 cm (5 ½ in). Private collection 

Figure 20.9: Glass canister and stopper, attributed to William and Mary Beilby, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1764. Enameled in white; decorated with floral canopy above inscription ‘SI to Mr. Hutchinson Stony Gill 1764’. Height 19 cm (7 ½ in); width 8 cm (3 1/8 in). Torre Abbey, Torquay, Devon, UK / The Bridgeman Art Library 

Figure 20.10: Glass canister and stopper, c. 1740. Cut decoration; stopper with air bubbles. Height 14.6 cm (5 ¾ in). Reproduced from Robert J. Charleston’s article ‘Apropos of Tea Caddies in cut-glass’, The Antique Collector, August 1966 

Figure 20.11: Glass canister and stopper, c. 1750-65. Cut decoration; copper-wheel engraved ‘GREEN’. Height 16 cm (6 ¼ in); width 5.5 cm (2 1/8 in). Broadfield House Glass Museum, Kingswinford 

Figure 20.12: Shagreen chest containing three silver-mounted glass canisters with glass lids, given to the artist Joshua Reynolds by Mary Beattie in 1768. Chest with silver mounts, including clasp inscribed ‘MB to JR 1768’; interior, with small wells to contain silver teaspoons, mote spoon and sugar tongs, lined throughout with red velvet trimmed with silver braid; glass canisters with shallow cut decoration and silver mounts; glass lids with silver floral finials. The inside of the main lid bears an engraved silver plaque that records its purchase by leading members of the art world for presentation to the Royal Academy in December 1898. Chest: height 20 cm (7 7/8 in); width 31 cm (13 ¼ in); depth 17 cm (6 ¾ in). Canisters: height 14 cm (5 ½ in). © Royal Academy of Arts, London; photographer P. Highnam 

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Figure 20.13: Ebony chest containing three blue glass canisters with glass lids, c. 1770. Chest veneered with ebony; decorative silver mounts; silver handle and escutcheon; interior with small wells to contain 12 teaspoons and two larger spoons, lined throughout with red velvet trimmed with silver braid; blue glass canisters (shown sideways on), each face shallow-cut with a star pattern; pagoda-style lids mounted with pineapple finials. Chest: height 22.3 cm (8 ¾ in); width 30.5 cm (12 in); depth 17.8 cm (7 in). Tea canisters: height 12.4 cm (4 7/8 in); width 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in). Sugar canister: width 8.9 cm (3 ½ in); depth 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in). © National Trust Images 

Figure 20.14: Glass canister with silver lid, c. 1775. Panels of glass shallow-cut with star pattern, mounted in silver; silver hinged lid with floral finial; silver marked ‘IP’ for Joseph Preedy of London. Height 15.8 cm (6 ¼ in). © Victoria and Albert Museum, London  

Figure 20.15: One of a set of three glass canisters with silver lids, c. 1760. Cut decoration; lid bears crest of Drogheda family; strawberry finial. Height 21.3 cm (8 3/8 in). © Victoria and Albert Museum, London 

Figure 20.16: Mahogany chest containing three glass canisters with silver lids, c. 1775. Mahogany veneer on pine carcass; silver handle, hinges and escutcheon; brass lockplate; underside covered with baize; interior lined throughout with green velvet trimmed with fawn braid; glass canisters with sloping shallow-cut shoulders, two rectangular for tea and one octagonal for sugar. Chest: height 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in); width 24.1 cm (9 ½ in); depth 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in). Tea canisters: height 13.6 cm (5 3/8 in); width 7.6 cm (3 in); depth 5.7 cm (2 ¼ in). Sugar canister: height 13.3 cm (5 ¼ in); diameter 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in). Private collection 

Figure 20.17: Satinwood chest, c. 1790. Pine carcass; quartered satinwood veneer, with kingwood banding and oval insets of rosewood on front, rear, sides and lid; ivory escutcheon; interior lined throughout with red velvet; containing two octagonal glass canisters with faceted sides, rounded cut shoulders, and silver lids engraved with swags and shield with initials ‘BJE’. Height cm (6 in); width 19 cm (7 ½ in); depth 12.6 cm (4 ¾ in). Private collection 

Figure 20.18: Satinwood chest containing three oval glass canisters with silver lids, c. 1790-1800. Satinwood veneer with tulipwood crossbanding; tulipwood ovals on all sides; silver handle, hinges and lockplate; ebony escutcheon; handle marked for Joseph Taylor; underside covered with baize; interior lined throughout with red velvet; oval glass canisters with facetted cut sides, sloping cut shoulders, and star-cut bases; silver hinged lids decorated with bright-cut engraving and also marked for Joseph Taylor. Canisters: height 12.7 cm (5 in); width 12.7 cm (5 in); depth 7.6 cm (3 in). Avon Antiques, Bradford-on-Avon  

Figure 20.19: Glass canister, c. 1790-1800. Cut decoration of neoclassical swags of drapery interspersed with fluting; star-cut base; silver hinged lid. Height 12.4 cm (4 7/8 in); width 10.8 cm (4 ¼ in); depth 7.6 cm (3 in). Private collection  

Figure 20.20: Glass caddy, 1808. Diamond-cut decoration on side and radial fluting on top of lid and base; silver rims, handle and demi-lune escutcheon, with marks for Samuel Hennell, London, 1808. Height 11.4 cm (4 ½ in); width 12.7 cm (5 in); depth 8.3 cm (3 ¼ in). Private collection 

Figure 20.21: Glass caddy, 1803. Cut decoration with oval containing engraved dolphin crest; silver rims with demi-lune escutcheon. With marks for London, 1803. Height 11.4 cm (4.5 in). Courtesy of Mark J. West, Redhill 

Figure 20.22: Glass caddy with verre églomisé panel on lid, c. 1790. Body of caddy with shallow cut decoration; lid with faceted rim and top inset with verre églomisé panel with decoration executed in gold on a cream ground, with black and gold scalloped border; gilt-metal handle, mounts and clasp. Height 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in); width 11.7 cm (4 5/8 in); depth 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in). Private collection  

Figure 20.23: Chest with verre églomisé panels, c. 1760. Oak carcass with strips of stained pearwood veneer framing panels of verre églomisé with a blue ground and gilt floral decoration; scrolled gilt-metal feet with acanthus decoration; gilt-metal handle and escutcheon; brass lock; inside of main lid lined with green velvet trimmed with green and fawn braid; rest of interior with (later) baize; three (later) glass canisters. Chest: height 17.1 cm (6 ¾ in); width 25.4 cm (10 in); depth 14.6 cm (5 ¾ in). Private collection 

Figure 20.24: Verre églomisé caddy, c. 1800. Panels of verre églomisé applied to pine carcass; neoclassical decoration in gold with a black ground; front showing Cybele riding in a lion-drawn chariot; musical trophies on back and sides; stylised leaves and flowers on corner panels; borders of palmette and leaf scroll pattern on lid; gilt-metal handle; interior with single compartment with no inner lid. Height 11.4 cm (4 ½ in); width 12.7 cm (5 in); depth 12.4 cm (4 7/8 in). (Formerly in collection of Robert Harman Cannell) Private collection  

Figure 20.25: Aventurine glass chest containing aventurine tea and sugar canisters, c. 1770. Panels of bronze aventurine glass mounted in rococo-style gilt-metal mounts; gilt-metal handle, claw-and-ball feet, lock and single hinge; mahogany base; interior lined throughout with (later) dark green velvet and containing three unlined aventurine canisters, similarly constructed. Chest: height 15 cm (6 in); width 23 cm (9 in); depth 13 cm (5 in). Mallet Antiques Archive, London  

Figure 20.26: Aventurine glass chest containing enamel tea and sugar canisters, c. 1770-75. Panels of blue aventurine glass mounted in gilt-metal mounts stamped with feather-like motifs; gilt-metal handle, claw-and-ball feet, and single hinge; interior lined throughout with green velvet; three enamel canisters decorated with purple transfer-printed rural scenes (see Chapter 21: Enamel, Figure 20.26). Chest: height 11.7 cm (4 5/8 in); width 13.7 cm (5 ½ in); depth 9.7 cm (3 ¾ in). Courtesy of Wolverhampton Arts & Museums  

Figure 20.27: Pair of glass canisters, c. 1820. Cut decoration of broad bands of diamonds edged with step cutting above; star-cut bases; stoppers radial-cut with diamond-cut edging. Height 12.7 cm (5 in); width 10.2 (4 in); depth 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in). Private collection 

Figure 20.28: Satinwood chest with two glass tea canisters and sugar bowl, c. 1820. Satinwood veneer; inlaid shell and fan decoration on lid; narrow inlaid borders; ring handles with pressed brass backplates; ivory escutcheon; brass lock stamped ‘BARROW PATENT’; interior compartments lined with red velvet; canisters with broad bands of cut decoration with step cutting above; star-cut bases; diamond-cut stoppers; bowl similarly cut. Chest: height 15.2 cm (6 in); width 32 cm (12 ¼ in); depth 15.9 cm (6 ¼ in). Tea canisters: height 11.4 cm (4 ½ in); width 12.7 cm (5 in); depth 7 cm (2 ¾ in). Sugar bowl: diameter 12.7 cm (5 in). Private collection 

Figure 20. 29: Three pressed-glass caddies by George Davidson of the Teams Glass Works, Gateshead, made to registered designs (from left to right): no. 340825, 5 July 1899; no. 254027, 1 May 1895; no. 153858, 2 August 1890. Left: height 14 cm (5 ½ in), width 6.5 cm (2 ½ in). Centre: height 14 cm (5 ½ in); width 8 cm (3 1/8 in). Right: height 14 cm (5 ½ in), width 6.5 cm (2 ½ in). Private collection 

Figure 20.30: Pressed-glass caddy in the shape of a house made to registered design no. 207909 by George Davidson, c. 1893. Height 12.1 cm (4 ¾ in). Reproduced from Raymond Slack, English Pressed Glass 1830-1900, Barrie & Jenkins, 1987 

Figure 20.34: Rosewood chest with two glass canisters and urn-shaped sugar bowl, c. 1810. Rosewood veneer with tulipwood cross-banding; interior lined throughout with red Morocco paper; canisters with band of large diamonds subdivided into four smaller diamonds, with fluting above and below; facetted cutting on shoulders; star cutting on base; radial-cut stoppers; sugar bowl with matching band of large diamond cutting. Chest: height 14.6 cm (5 ¾ in); width 29.1 cm (11 ½ in). © Victoria and Albert Museum, London  

Figures 20.35: Set of four glass containers, two for tea and two for sugar, probably from a teapoy, 1828. Diamond-cut decoration; silver rims and hinged lids with marks for Michael Starkey, London, 1828; lids bear engraved coat-of-arms. Bowls: height 14 cm (5 ½ in). Urns: height 15.2 cm (6 in). Private collection 

Figure 20.36: Glass sugar bowl with lid, c. 1820. Variously cut decoration; star-cut base; lid with strawberry diamond cutting and radial cut knob. Height (with lid) 15.2 cm (6 in); diameter 10.2 cm (4 in). Private collection 

Figure 20.37: Three glass sugar bowls, c. 1795-1810. Left: bowl with engraved and fluted cut decoration, c. 1795-1800; height 13 cm (5 1/8 in); diameter 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in). Centre: bowl with band of cut decoration, c. 1810; height 11.4 cm (4 ½ in); diameter 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in). Right: one of a pair of bowls with fluted cut decoration, c.1800; height 13.4 cm (5 ¼ in); diameter 12.3 cm (4 7/8 in). The centre bowl was made to hold 1 lb (454 gm) of crushed sugar, and those to left and right 1 ½ lb (681 gm). Private collection  

Figure 20.38: Glass sugar bowl, c. 1790. Plain glass with engraved decoration. Height 10 cm (4 in); diameter 11 cm (4 ½ in). Private collection  

Figure 20.39: Glass sugar bowl, c. 1828-30. Diamond-cut decoration, further cut with stars; scalloped edge; radial-cut base. From a Vizagapatam ivory chest with silver mounts dated 1828-30 (see Chapter 10: Ivory, Figure 10.8). Height 12.5 cm (4 7/8 in); diameter 11 cm (4 3/8 in). Private collection 

Figure 20.40: Glass sugar bowl attributed to the Non-Such Flint Glass Manufactory of Isaac Jacobs, Bristol, c. 1805. Blue glass with gilded anti-slavery inscription. Height 11 cm (4 ¼ in); diameter 10 cm (4 in). © The Trustees of the British Museum, London  

Figure 20.42: Two pressed-glass sugar bowls, c. 1850. Height 12.7 cm (4 3/4 in); diameter 10.4 cm (4 1/8 in). Private collection 

Figure 20.43: Glass sugar bowl, c. 1862. Cut decoration of hobnail pattern. From a large coromandel tea chest with gilt metal mounts inset with Wedgwood plaques (see Chapter 24: A Case Study, Figure 24.1). Height 11.1 cm (4 3/8 in); diameter 10.1 cm (4 in). Private collection