Company:George Bacchus & Sons
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George Bacchus & Sons, originally called Bacchus & Green[1] was a 19th-century manufacturer of fine glassware located in Birmingham.[2]
In the 1830s Bacchus produced pressed glass by using a plunger to force molten glass into a cast-iron mold. In the 1850s, they began making cased glass, which has thin layers of different colors which can be cut away to produce cameo glass.[2]
Bacchus also produced cut glass items, including Venetian-style paperweights[3] and tableware.[2]
References
- ↑ Ray Shill (2005), Birmingham and the Black Country's canal industries, Tempus, p. 66, ISBN 978-0-7524-3262-5
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mallalieu, Huon; Corbett, Sue; Edwards, Graeme, eds. (1994), Antiques Roadshow A - Z of Antiques Hunting, Peter Jackson (Editorial director), Jeremy Wallington (Publishing Director), Headwater Communications Referenced from the monthly collectible journal; later published as a book, ISBN:978-0-7522-1092-6
- ↑ Gordon Campbell (2006), The Grove encyclopedia of decorative arts, 2, Oxford University Press US, p. 188, ISBN 978-0-19-518948-3, https://books.google.com/books?id=R8BMW6Au7pQC&pg=PA188&dq=george+bacchus+glass&q=george%20bacchus%20glass, retrieved 2009-09-06
External links
- Two example pieces at the Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery