Compote
Manufacturer
Molineaux & Webb
(Manchester, England)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1864-1865
MediumPressed and acid-etched glass
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Overall, Rim: 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)
Base: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Overall, Rim: 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)
Base: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Credit LineAnonymous donor
Object number86.366
On View
On viewLabel TextGLASS FOR THE MASSES A great revolution in glassmaking technology occurred in the mid-nineteenth century: the machine press. First developed in America in the late 1820s, it was quickly adopted by the British glass industry. Machine presses required less-skilled laborers and allowed for greater productivity in the factory. Thus, glassware became less expensive for the growing consumer market. Even a middle-class home in the mid-nineteenth century could afford a complete table setting of pressed glass in a matching pattern. Pressed glass often imitated more expensive cut glass, but increasingly featured more fashionable styles or cutting-edge colors for a highly decorative effect. Molineaux & Webb Manchester, England Compote, ca. 1864-85 Pattern registered 27 September 1864 Pressed glass Anonymous Donor 86.366 Exhibition History"Cheers to Queen Victoria: British Glass from the Chrysler Collection," Waitzer Community Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, September 22, 2010 - March 20, 2011.Published ReferencesC. Lattimore, ENGLISH 19TH CENTURY PRESS-MOULDED GLASS, pg. 97. C. Manley, DECORATIVE VICTORIAN GLASS, pp. 110-111, #422.
