Cranberry Epergne, ca. 1860-1880, probably by Richardsons of Stourbridge

Posted by Curator on Jul 18, 2011 in Epergnes and Tazzas | 1 comment

Cranberry was one of the most popular colours in the mid-nineteenth century, although stories of the glass works owner ‘improving’ the colour by tossing a gold sovereign into the pot are just stories, and have no basis in fact. This pattern is typical of the hundreds of similar epergnes produced in the Victorian period, right up to the First World War, but which are now increasingly rare, because of their fragility.