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Title: Nigel Morton Glass
Post by: David555 on May 15, 2006, 10:24:59 PM

Hi

I was wondering about a glass maker from Sunderland called Nigel Morton that I remember being active around the 1980s.

My mother had a gallery in Durham called the 'Saddler Gallery' which sold paintings / prints, ceramics and glass. Nigel Morton sold well from the gallery - I bought two of his smaller pieces.

When my whole family moved back up to Scotland in 1990 the connection was lost - I wonder if anyone knows if he is still active, I can't find anything on the net.

He had a medium sized workshop with assistants, and sold outside of Wearside, he trained at Sunderland.

This is a small vase 4.5" high - signed

(http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/7539/nmortonvase0rz.th.jpg) (http://img375.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nmortonvase0rz.jpg)

This is a bottle 6" high and quite heavy - square shape with the sides having a slight swirling texture - signed and dated 1988

(http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/2662/nmortonbott3vt.th.jpg) (http://img215.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nmortonbott3vt.jpg)


Thanks Adam P

Title: Nigel Morton Glass
Post by: Anne on July 12, 2006, 01:38:33 AM

Adam, try contact via the alumni at Sunderland. He's listed in red which means they have contact with him apparently: http://www.sunderland.ac.uk/devtrust/mailing/alumni/stories/TraceaFriend.htm (http://http://www.sunderland.ac.uk/devtrust/mailing/alumni/stories/TraceaFriend.htm) (last but one entry).

Mod: website changed so link now defunct. New alumni website here: http://www.wearunited.org/