Topic: John Derbyshire pressed glass vase maybe?.

[brucebanner]

Any thought's on this one, it's not signed.

5 1/2 inches in height, 3 1/2  across the rim and 3 1/4 inches across the base.

Regards Chris.

[keith]

I've got one in white, I always thought it was Sowerby 

[agincourt17]

Not dissimilar stylistically to John Derbyshire’s vase from RD 300300 of 28 April 1876,
see: 
https://sites.google.com/site/molwebbhistory/Home/registered-designs/derbyshire-brothers-designs-by-date/derbyshire-brothers-1875-1877
but the decorative details are quite different.

As to a Sowerby attribution, I don’t know of any catalogue or other documentary evidence to support it.

Fred.

[keith]

Thanks Fred, at least I know it's not one of theirs, oh well another unknown joins the ranks 

[brucebanner]

Another very similar design maybe by the same maker.

7 1/2 inches in height, 3 3/4 inches across the rim.

[brucebanner]

The pattern on this griffin vase is very similar to the first vase.

Could they be by the same designer?.

[neilh]

I've been told by another collector that the rainbow pattern around the top firmly points to Edward Moore. Moore had an office in Manchester and he would have been aware what was selling well. And the RD 300300 vase did sell well for Derbyshire. One of several overlaps between Moore's output and Manchester patterns, of which there are quite a few in the 1860s in particular.

Showing Moore basket, also have this in black.