Just trying to reference some of the pieces in an article in the Art Union Journal which were engravings of vases decorated by Mr Giller (outlines drawn by Mr Battam ) on Thomas Webb glass vases in 1847.
The engravings are all in black and white and they appeared in the Art Union monthly journal of June 1847 page 223 and 222.
Mostly they described pieces in white with black decoration and touches of red.
However one has the figure not painted in black, but with lots of detail. This one is described as being in colour - 'coloured vividly in natural tints; the tunic is yellow, decorated with black and red stripes, the inner mantle red, with black border, the outer one a rich lilac, with black border and white pattern'.
I'll take a pic of the engraving and add it.
It's a lady playing double flutes and next to the figure is a frondy type plant/tall bush decoration. Borders top and bottom. That's all that can be seen in the engraving and the description.
Art of Glass currently has a vase on Flickr (see link) that I believe is from this range from Mr Giller and Thomas Webb.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/art-of-glass/sets/72157627592071579/it has frondy type plant up the side and also has blue bells type decoration on it.
Today I came across this pair of vase/lamps
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/12972007_pair-vintage-painted-glass-urn-lampsThey also have the bluebell decoration and similar other decoration including the figures. I think they are also likely to be Thomas Webb/ Mr Giller.
They seem to be the same range as Art of Glass' vase.
But they do have some similarities to the Davis Greathead and Green vases shown in Charles Hajdamach's British Glass 1800-1914.
This pair of vases (link will disappear as it's ebay unfortunately) have apparently been id as Davis Greathead and Green (see museum pics) and they show the similarities with the Thomas Webb Mr Giller vases I think.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Scarce-Pr-Glass-Vases-Davis-Greathead-Green-Great-Exhibition-1851-Darius-I-/111144019870?nma=true&si=e447Of30ZdzIJI0EiiWjsE6X0jE%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557http://blackcountryhistory.org/collections/getrecord/DMUSE_BH2109a/I wonder if Davis Greathead and Green vases were also decorated by Mr Giller. The ones in the book are noted for the damage to the enamels,much like the damage on the pair of lamps.
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