Victorian Glass for sale.
Victorian Glass for sale - The victorian period covers a long time in glass making history and styles. The arts and crafts and art nouveau styles to name just two; as well as a large number of manufacturers.
The Great Exhibition of 1851 at Crystal Palace in London provided the impetus for many new innovations in the decorative arts. Victorian taste was changing, and manufacturers were rushing to satisfy these new desires.
Manufacturers and designers like Stourbridge, Sowerby, Jobling, Davidson were innovative and dynamic. American glass companies like the New England Glass Works, Mount Washington Glass Co., and Hobbs, Brockunier & Co (Wheeling). Libbey and Dorflinger also became known for brilliant cut glass
The Victorians mass production, their wealth and aspirations has left the Victorian Glass Collector with an abundance of choice.
Glass has been around for centuries and has basically remained unchanged with only the production methods becoming more efficient and glass quality becoming better and better.
Art Deco glass uses geometric patterns, bold colours, exuberant, sometimes stylised, female figures, and animal motifs. Major designers of Art Deco glass were Rene Lalique, Maurice Marinot, Daum Freres, Marius Sabino, Etling, Schneider, Gabriel Argy-Rousseau, and Francois Decorchemont.