John Walsh Walsh three branch opalescent glass Epergne
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John Walsh Walsh three branch opalescent glass Epergne:
the gilded mount with three coiled trumpet-shaped vases with fluting on an opalescent ground; with domed glass foot.
Stourbridge, circa 1900. Reg. design 556280.

Height: 15" - 38.0cm
Width: 13" - 32.0cm
Projection: 5" - 12.5cm

Walsh Walsh, John

John Walsh Walsh bought a glass factory in Birmingham in 1850. He claimed that his strange name came about because the sponsers at his baptism were rather nervous and instead of saying just the Christian name John, said John Walsh which made him John Walsh Walsh for the rest of his life! He insisted on very high standards and the business filed various patents around the turn of the century as they challenged basic processes of glass making. Their pieces ranged from vases, flower holders, lampshades and all types of dining room table glass. Often the designs were based on the form of flowers including rose, tulip, crocus, honesuckle and water-lily.

Stourbridge

A centre of glass-making in England from the early-18th century through to the present day. See Richardson of Stourbridge

opalescent

A name for streaked, white to yellowy-green, semi-transparent glass, popular in the late 19th century, as in the glass shades made by Powell's of Whitefriars. Also known as vaseline glass.

gilded, gilt

A very thin layer of gold applied to brass or bronze.

epergne

Table ornament with metal frame bearing glass posy vases.

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