Isaac Jacobs Portrait
Isaac Jacob
Since its introduction in the eighteenth century ‘Bristol Blue’ has been the most distinctive and recognisable of all English glass. The colour is derived from cobalt oxide, originally imported into Bristol from Saxony, for the pottery trade. The Bristol merchant, Richard Champion and the chemist William Cookworthy were thought to have had the idea of using the cobalt to create the soft but intense colour. This is probably a myth, because the use of cobalt as a colouring for glass had been known to glassmakers for centuries, but the process rapidly became enormously popular in the eighteenth century. Because the cobalt was only imported through Bristol, and in the hands of Cookworthy, who made no restrictions who could purchase his stock, the name ‘Bristol Blue’ could have arisen from the place where the colouring agent was purchased. ‘Bristol Blue’ glass was made all over the country, and continues to be so, so that it is not correct to think of the name as being restricted only to glass made in Bristol.
Blue Tinted Gilt Decanter and Stopper, ca. 1790-1810
Blue Tinted Gilt Decanter and Stopper, ca. 1790-1810 by Isaac Jacobs, the club form gilt with a rectangular label inscribed Rum, suspended by a...[read more]
Non Such Decanter Stand or Dish by Isaac Jacobs
‘Non Such’ Decanter Stand or Dish by Isaac Jacobs, signed I. Jacobs Bristol, in gilding on the base. ca. 1805. Gilt with a central rosette within...[read more]
Set of Blue Tinted Wine Glass Coolers, ca. 1805
Each deep cylindrical form with opposing lips with a neo-classical frieze of alternate palmettes and seeded buds with line borders. They were used to...[read more]
Blue Tinted Fingerbowls or Rinsers, ca. 1810
by Isaac Jacobs, rounded form, signed I. Jacobs Bristol, gilt with palmette pattern, and Greek-key pattern border. Lazarus Jacobs founded the Temple...[read more]
A rare blown eye bath early to mid nineteenth century
The rim of the reservoir is unusually hot formed, rather than ground as is common with later examples. [read more]
Victory Wine or Spirit Jug, ca. 1806
The stopper is early 19th. century, while the rim is hall-marked 1875, and has evidently been re-fitted at that date, probably to cover a repair to...[read more]
Decanter Stand, ca. 1830s
Sheffield plate, made by Henry Wilkinson and Co. of Norfolk Street, Sheffield. The company mark was first registered in September 1831. Three blue...[read more]
Cream Jug, ca. 1850
Hand-applied rim trail and ‘pump’ handle, with raspberry punt. Base polished flat, with ground and polished pontil. [read more]
Queen Anne style Vase, ca. 1860-1880
‘Queen Anne’ style Vase, ca. 1860-1880, with remains of enamelled flowers and gold bands. Maker unknown, probably Stourbridge. [read more]
Vase in Scandinavian ‘Gulvvase’ style, ca. 1962
Designed by Otto Brauer, the Kastrup (later Kastrup-Holmegaard) master glass-blower, this may have been manufactured by Chance Brothers of Birmingham...[read more]
Lady Vase in Blue and Silver 2003
One of only three vases, blown by S. Baker, designed and decorated by Innes Blair, each with a different design. The hand engraving into which the...[read more]
Bristol Blue Commemorative Plates
Bristol Blue South West, 2003. The plates, blown by Steve Baker, were designed and decorated in silver by Innes Blair for his signed Collectors...[read more]
Prince of Wales Wine Glass Rinser, ca. 1762-3.
Attributed to the workshop of James Giles, decorated with the triple-feather badge of the Prince of Wales with a coronet above the motto ICH DEIN,...[read more]
Rippled Sweetmeat Dish or Decanter Stand, ca. 1730
One of the earliest known pieces of English Bristol Blue glass, and probably made in Bristol. (Provenance: Friedes Lamaris,...[read more]
