Sowerby Gallery
With one or two exceptions, all of the glass shown on this page was made between 1877 and 1885. The gallery is grouped around the different glass colours, most of the items pictured are in coloured rather than clear glass. For more information see the Sowerby Colours page and the separate articles on Nursery Rhyme patterns, Nugget, Tortoiseshell and Venetian glass
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Captions on gallery pictures: Pattern - Sowerby Pattern Number, Hx - height in mm, Lx - length in mm, Wx - width in mm
All pictured glass has a Sowerby Trademark unless specified, a lot of the items also carry a registered design mark.
Some do not have a known pattern number but most can be found in the 1882 Pattern Book, others can be found in the 1874, 1880 and 1885 Pattern Books.
See the Sowerby Archive all of these Pattern Books.
Content
- Sowerby Opal (white)
- Sowerby Turquoise (blue)
- Sowerby Jet (black)
- Sowerby Malachite - purple
- Sowerby Malachite - blue
- Sowerby Malachite - green
- Sowerby Malachite - brown
- Sowerby Queensware (ivory)
- Sowerby Blanc de Lait (opalescent)
- Sowerby Blanc de Lait (stained opalescent)
- Sowerby Aesthetic (green and yellow)
- Sowerby Marble Glass
- Sowerby Nugget
- Sowerby Gold (amber)
- Sowerby Tortoiseshell
- Sowerby Clear Glass
- Sowerby Other Colours
- Sowerby Venetian
