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Flowers The Victorians and Edwardians loved flowers, as they brightened up their dull surroundings and were very in vogue with the naturalistic decorating themes of Art Nouveau and the Arts and Crafts movement. The small stylised baskets and flower troughs were ideal for small wild flowers like violets and primroses, creating an idealistic country feel. Mrs. Beeton in her household management books often said that it was essential to decorate a table with flowers in elaborate arrangements and the pressed glass industry catered for such decorations with an enormous array of vases, flower spills, baskets and bowls.
A Vitro-Porcelain selection, Basket weave plate with diamond and registration mark 18 August 1876; long woven basket with diamond and registration mark 13th February 1877; black basket with registration mark 1882; blue basket with registration mark 1882; umbrella basket with diamond and registration mark 24 July 1876; small white basket with registration mark 24 May 1876; small blue basket with registration mark 24 May 1876
Ribbed heart shaped flower posy in opaline, with registration number 70422, 23rd March 1887
Sowerby Oranges and Lemons Flower Spills with trade mark - 1882 In 1910, Davidson patented his flower dome which allowed the simple creation of symmetrical 3D arrangements.
Other manufacturers took this idea and applied them to vases where glass grids/holders were placed within the vessel.
1930's Eros flower vases This continued with the popularity of "frogs" in the art deco era - centrepieces of ladies/animals which have holes in them for flowers and sit in decorative bowls.
Walther, a German glass maker's sea theme bowl, nude and frog; Unknown dish and cat frog; Sowerby dish and lady frog - all dated around the 1920's-30's
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