Internet Antique Gazette » webb http://www.internetantiquegazette.com Reference information on antiques & fine art topics. Tue, 31 Dec 2019 08:03:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Burmese pattern glass http://www.internetantiquegazette.com/glass/452_burmese_pattern_glass/ http://www.internetantiquegazette.com/glass/452_burmese_pattern_glass/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:13:52 +0000 hcst http://452-guid The Mt. Washington Glass works of Boston, Massachusetts, obtained a patent on Burmese Art Glass in 1885. The new glass form had been created for them by the Englishman Frederick Shirley and is characterized by a gradual shading of bright yellow at the base of the object to a pink at the top.

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The Mt. Washington Glass works of Boston, Massachusetts, obtained a patent on Burmese Art Glass in 1885. The new glass form had been created for them by the Englishman Frederick Shirley and is characterized by a gradual shading of bright yellow at the base of the object to a pink at the top.

This unique blend of colors was created by adding gold and uranium to the glass, which is thin and sometimes brittle. Pairpoint Manufacturing, which acquired Mt. Washington in 1894, continued to make Burmese glass well into the 1950′s. Its continued manufacture today is greatly limited by federal government control of uranium.

Shirley sent Queen Victoria a number of Burmese pieces as a present soon after its introduction. Her Majesty was so impressed she ordered more and eventually an arrangement was worked out with Thomas Webb & Son glassmakers in Stourbridge, England, for the manufacture of Burmese glass in that country.

]]> http://www.internetantiquegazette.com/glass/452_burmese_pattern_glass/feed/ 0 Webb Glass Co. http://www.internetantiquegazette.com/glass/449_webb_glass_co/ http://www.internetantiquegazette.com/glass/449_webb_glass_co/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:13:51 +0000 hcst http://449-guid Established circa 1835, Thomas Webb & Sons was one of England’s foremost art glass makers during the period from 1885 to 1935. From their glassworks in Stourbridge they were leaders in the European Art Nouveau Movement, contributing new glass forms such as Alexandrite, Cameo and other designs to the genre. In addition they borrowed the American forms of Peachblow and and Burmese designs for some of their most successful work.

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Established circa 1835, Thomas Webb & Sons was one of England’s foremost art glass makers during the period from 1885 to 1935. From their glassworks in Stourbridge they were leaders in the European Art Nouveau Movement, contributing new glass forms such as Alexandrite, Cameo and other designs to the genre. In addition they borrowed the American forms of Peachblow and and Burmese designs for some of their most successful work.

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