An oval dish and a celery vase both bearing the registry date lozenge for 16 June 1875 – Parcel 6, corresponding to registered design number 292113 registered to Thomas Gray & Co., Gateshead on Tyne.
(Permission for the re-use of these images on the GMB granted by Rob Young).
This would appear to be Thomas Gray & Co.’s only design registration.
According to Catherine Ross in “The Development Of The Glass Industry On The Rivers Tyne And Wear, 1700 – 1900”, a thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1982:
“Thomas Gray & Co. occupied the glass works at Carr Hill from 1860, in which year he also took out a patent for moulding articles in a one piece mould and opening out the foot by hand, until 1880. Following the failure of Gray’s successor, the
Lorraine Glass Company, his moulds were brought by Davidsons.”
There is a map of Carr Hill, dated 1862, showing the location of the Carr hill Glass works at
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Carr_Hill_Map_1862.gifthough modern maps show no obvious traces of the Glass works.
Does anyone have any more detailed information about the history of Thomas Gray & Co. at the Carr Hill Glass works, please?
Fred.