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.

 

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    Opal (white)

  • Sowerby opal white, glass ribbon plate
  • Sowerby opal white, 3 footed pin tray in form of a font
  • Sowerby opal white, pair boat shaped neo-classical salts
  • Sowerby opal white, 3 handled, 3 footed samll vase
  • Sowerby opal white, small blown vase
  • Sowerby opal white, posy vase with 2 handles
  • Sowerby opal white, vase with basket weave pattern and castellated top
  • Sowerby opal white, blown vase decorated with leaves
  • Sowerby opal white, small blown vase, aesthetic decoration
  • Sowerby opal white, small two handled posy vase
  • Sowerby opal white, small 3-footed open vase
  • Sowerby opal white, sugar and creamer with aesthetic flower design
  • Sowerby opal white, small blown vase
  • Sowerby opal white, small posy vase decorated with flowers
  • Sowerby opal white, closed basket
  • Sowerby opal white, open vase with 2 handles, interior flower decoration
  • Sowerby opal white, small posy vase with three ball feet
  • Sowerby opal white, vase with basket weave pattern with crimped top decoration
  • Sowerby opal white, salt with reticulated piercing below rim, 4 feet and black inner liner
  • Sowerby opal white, two handled basket with basket weave pattern
  • Sowerby opal white, Nursery Rhyme, Lavender's Blue
  • Sowerby opal white, Nursery Rhyme, Elizabeth, Elspeth, Betsy and Bess
  • Sowerby opal white, Nursery Rhyme, Old King Cole
  • Sowerby opal white, Nursery Rhyme, Multiplication
  • Sowerby opal white, Nursery Rhyme, Oranges and Lemons, oblong table decoration
  • Sowerby opal white, small vase with parrot decoration
  • Sowerby opal white, cream jug and sugar bowl decorated with flowers picked out in brick red and mustard enamel
  • Sowerby opal white, cream jug and sugar bowl decorated with flowers picked out in green and yellow enamel
  • Sowerby opal white, cream jug and sugar bowl decorated with flowers picked out in red, mustard and green enamel
  • Sowerby opal white, cream jug with four ball feet decorated with flowers, flowers picked out in green and red enamel
  • Sowerby opal white, cream jug decorated with flowers, flowers picked out in brick red enamel
  • Sowerby opal white, neo-classical candlestick

 

    Turquoise (blue)

  • Sowerby turquoise blue, glass ribbon plate
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, glass ribbon plate
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, 2 handled closed vase with basket weave pattern
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, ornament in form of a trug
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, small square posy on 4 feet with basket weave decoration
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, vase with 3 curled feet
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, 6 sided vase with 3 feet, 2 handles and basket weave pattern
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, closed 2 handled posy
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, small 3 footed pin tray
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, 3 handled small vase
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, single handle small basket weave vase
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, oblong basket weave posy
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, 2 handled, oblong basket weave posy
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, small, round ribbed posy
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, 2off 2 handled, baskets
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, small 3-handled vase with squares decoration and fan motif
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, small 2-handled tub
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, bamboo vase with bullrushes
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, Nursery Rhyme, Multiplication
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, Nursery Rhyme, Cross Patch
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, Nursery Rhyme, Old King Cole
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, Nursery Rhyme, 2off 2 handled vases, Picking Apples
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, Nursery Rhyme, Little Jack Horner, bellows hair tidy
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, Nursery Rhyme, Nievie, Nievie, Nicknack
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, Nursery Rhyme, Elizabeth, Elspeth, Betsy and Bess
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, Nursery Rhyme, Aladdin hair tidy
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, small 4 sided vase with 4 feet, 2 handles, decorated with bees
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, Nursery Rhyme, Lavender's Blue
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, Nursery Rhyme, Pippin Hill
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, Nursery Rhyme, Mistress Mary Quite Contrary
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, Nursery Rhyme, Little Bo Peep
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, Nursery Rhyme, Valentine
  • Sowerby turquoise blue, candlestick with Celtic and Romanesque decoration

 

    Jet (black)

  • Sowerby jet black, glass ribbon plate
  • Sowerby jet black, 4 footed square posy vase
  • Sowerby jet black, 2 handled, oblong basket weave posy
  • Sowerby jet black, double ended swan trough with lilies and bullrushes
  • Sowerby jet black, 2 handled, square posy vase
  • Sowerby jet black, tall, 2 handled, basket weave spill vase
  • Sowerby Jet black, sugar and cream
  • Sowerby jet black, 3 footed posy
  • Sowerby jet black, small, round, mould blown posy
  • Sowerby jet black, 3 footed salt
  • Sowerby jet black, sugar and cream with with Maw & Co tile decoration
  • Sowerby jet black, small, round, mould blown posy with ribbed decoration
  • Sowerby jet black, pair of 3 footed salts each with 4 decorated leaves
  • Sowerby jet black, Japanese inspired long bowl with comb handles and Aesthetic decoration
  • Sowerby jet black, small 4 sided vase with 4 feet, 2 handles, decorated with bees in frosted glass
  • Sowerby jet black, large 2 handled basket

 

    Malachite - purple

  • Sowerby purple malachite, glass ribbon plate
  • Sowerby purple malachite, oblong flower trough
  • Sowerby purple malachite, ornament in form of a trug
  • Sowerby purple malachite, ornament in form of a baby's cradle
  • Sowerby purple malachite, open basket with weave pattern
  • Sowerby purple malachite, open basket with flower pattern
  • Sowerby purple malachite, strait sided vase with 3 curled feet
  • Sowerby purple malachite, flower trough with handles
  • Sowerby purple malachite, six sided salt
  • Sowerby purple malachite, small tumbler in the shape of a thimble, marked 'Just a Thimble Full'
  • Sowerby purple malachite, small 4 sided vase with 4 feet, 2 handles, decorated with bees
  • Sowerby purple malachite, large flower pot with rope handles
  • Sowerby purple malachite, small blown vase
  • Sowerby purple malachite, six sided vase
  • Sowerby purple malachite, small, two handled vase raised on four feet
  • Sowerby purple malachite, small, two handled vase on four feet
  • Sowerby purple malachite, large Aesthetic water jug
  • Sowerby purple malachite, ribbed 2 handled Aesthetic vase
  • Sowerby purple malachite, shoe shaped vase
  • Sowerby purple malachite, closed 2 handled posy with ribbed decoration
  • Sowerby purple malachite, posy vase with 2 handles
  • Sowerby purple malachite, heart shaped vase with 2 handles
  • Sowerby purple malachite, small ribbed oblong tray with 2 handles
  • Sowerby purple malachite, cream jug with flower decoration
  • Sowerby purple malachite, 6 sided vase with shell decoration
  • Sowerby purple malachite, Gladstone bag with handle
  • Sowerby purple malachite, 3 section, half egg-shaped vase with 3 handles
  • Sowerby purple malachite, small vase with flower decoration and 3 feet
  • Sowerby purple malachite, small ribbed comport with 2 handles on 4 raised feet
  • Sowerby purple malachite, cauldron on 3 feet with 2 handles
  • Sowerby purple malachite, Japanese inspired open basket with ribbed interior, external flower decoration and 2 handles
  • Sowerby purple malachite, small oblong basket with 2 handles and basketweave decoration
  • Sowerby purple malachite, small vase with 3 handles with middle bulge
  • Sowerby purple malachite, small vase with 3 handles with flat middle
  • Sowerby purple malachite, cauldron shaped vase with raised base
  • Sowerby purple malachite, 8 sided tray with 4 feet, 2 handles and chain link decoration
  • Sowerby purple malachite, match striker in the form of a barrel
  • Sowerby purple malachite, match striker with horizontal ribbing
  • Sowerby purple malachite, triangular 4 footed vase with 2 handles
  • Sowerby purple malachite, clover leaf shaped vase wit 3 external feet
  • Sowerby purple malachite, vase of 3 pointed, ribbed shapes with handles moulded together
  • Sowerby purple malachite, tall square shaped vase with block decoration
  • Sowerby purple malachite, small basket with 8 sides, 4 feet and top handle
  • Sowerby purple malachite, salt in the shape of a wooden washing barrel with 1 handle
  • Sowerby purple malachite, round posy vase with 3 feet and 3 handles
  • Sowerby purple malachite, large desk inkwell and pen holder (lid missing)
  • Sowerby purple malachite, tea cup and saucer with Japanese style cross-hatched pattern
  • Sowerby purple malachite, 3 part vase with flower decoration on pointed ribbed feet
  • Sowerby purple malachite, Nursery Rhyme, Little Bo Peep
  • Sowerby purple malachite, 2 semi circular vases joined by 2 handles on 4 feet. Designs from tiles by Maw & Co
  • Sowerby purple malachite, small 8 sided, neo-gothic comport on 4 feet
  • Sowerby purple malachite, flower posy with peacock decoration
  • Sowerby purple malachite, large blown bulbus vase with banded neck
  • Sowerby purple malachite, biscuit box with ribbed decoration

 

    Malachite - blue

  • Sowerby blue malachite, glass ribbon plate
  • Sowerby blue malachite, square posy vase on four feet
  • Sowerby blue malachite, small blown bulbous vase
  • Sowerby blue malachite, 2 handled closed vase with basket weave pattern
  • Sowerby blue malachite, 6 sided salt, translucent blue glass
  • Sowerby blue malachite, Gladstone bag with handle
  • Sowerby blue malachite, wall pocket with shell pattern
  • Sowerby blue malachite, cauldron on 3 feet with 2 handles
  • Sowerby blue malachite, posy vase with 2 handles on raised base
  • Sowerby blue malachite, tall square shaped vase with block decoration
  • Sowerby blue malachite, round salt in the form of a washing tub with 2 handles
  • Sowerby blue malachite, oblong flower trough
  • Sowerby blue malachite, triangular flower trough
  • Sowerby blue malachite, cream jug with bamboo banding
  • Sowerby blue malachite, six sided salt
  • Sowerby blue malachite, small blown bulbous vase
  • Sowerby blue malachite, 2 handled, square posy vase
  • Sowerby blue malachite, posy vase with 2 handles
  • Sowerby blue malachite, closed 2 handled posy
  • Sowerby blue malachite, candlestick with Celtic and Romanesque decoration

 

    Malachite - green

  • Sowerby green malachite, 2 vases with 3 curled feet
  • Sowerby green malachite, 2 handled, square posy vase
  • Sowerby green malachite, tall 6 sided vase
  • Sowerby green malachite, spill vase on three feet with flower decoration
  • Sowerby green malachite, blown Japanese style vase with white cased inside
  • Sowerby green malachite, three section, three handled, three footed posy vase
  • Sowerby green malachite, pair salts in form of wash tubs
  • Sowerby green malachite, cauldron on 3 feet with 2 handles
  • Sowerby green malachite, Nursery Rhyme, Little Jack Horner, bellows hair tidy
  • Sowerby green malachite, posy vase with 2 handles on raised base
  • Sowerby green malachite, oblong flower trough
  • Sowerby green malachite, 2 handled, oblong basket weave posy
  • Sowerby green malachite, small 2-handled tub
  • Sowerby green malachite, plain vase with brick pattern foot and 2 handles
  • Sowerby green malachite, square posy vase on four feet
  • Sowerby green malachite, triangular flower trough
  • Sowerby green malachite, ribbed heart shaped vase with 2 handles
  • Sowerby green malachite, square posy vase on four feet

 

    Malachite - brown

  • Sowerby brown malachite, pair of small tumblers in the shape of a thimbles, marked 'Just a Thimble Full'

 

    Queensware (ivory)

  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, plate with daisy decoration
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, large Queensware plate on comport base with 3 feet and flower decoration
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, detail - large Queensware plate on comport base with 3 feet and flower decoration
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, oval bowl with comb handles and Aesthetic decoration
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, small round bowl with comb handles and Aesthetic decoration
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, large round bowl with comb handles and Aesthetic decoration
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, showing small and large round bowls together
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, miniature tea caddy in Japanese style
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, sugar and cream with peacock decoration
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, sugar and cream with daisy decoration
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, pair flower posies with peacock decoration
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, crimped basket with flower decoration and 2 handles
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, crimped, small round basket with japanese style cross-hatched pattern
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, small sugar and cream with daisy decoration
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, small round bowl with two handles in oriental style
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, small round bowl with two handles in oriental style with folded handles
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, small round bowl in oriental style
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, small small salt with single handle and cherry blossom decoration
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, pair of spill vases with flower head and brick decoration
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, small crimped basket with basket weave pattern
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, small tub with two handles decorated with bamboo bands and cherries
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, small oriental style oval basket with ribbed decoration and comb 2 handles
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, tub with two handles decorated with bamboo bands and flowers
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, salt with swag and tassel decoration on 3 feet
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, small oblong post with flower decoration and 2 handles
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, 4 footed tray with peacock frieze and peacock feather base decoration
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, detail - 4 footed tray with peacock frieze and peacock feather base decoration
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, small basket with basketware pattern outside and flowers inside, 2 handles
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, crimped sugar bowl with peacock decoration
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, small plain salt on 3 ball feet
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, boat shaped neo-classical salt
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, small 2 tray dish on 4 feet, ribbed deroration with handle
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, cylindrical vase on 3 feet with wrythen decoration and flower prunts
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, oblong basket with raised bade basketweave decoration and 3 handles
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, double ended swan trough with lilies and bullrushes
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, half round table decoration, nursery rhyme, Oranges and Lemons
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, Nursery Rhyme, Mikado vase
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, square flower holder, nursery rhyme, Cross Patch
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, flower holder, nursery rhyme, Jack and Jill
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, small vase with 2 handles and Walter Crane geese decoration
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, candlestick with 3-way column, triangular base and Celtic decoration
  • Sowerby Ivory Queensware, Queen Ann classical candlestick

 

    Blanc de Lait (opalescent)

  • Sowerby opalescent Blanc de Lait, boat shaped posy vase with leaf decoration
  • Sowerby opalescent Blanc de Lait, round posy vase with ribbed decoration
  • Sowerby opalescent Blanc de Lait, round posy vase with 3 round feet and daisy decoration
  • Sowerby opalescent Blanc de Lait, round crimped sugar with four feet, two handles and daisy decoration
  • Sowerby opalescent Blanc de Lait, sugar and cream with four feet, two handles and daisy decoration
  • Sowerby opalescent Blanc de Lait, crimped, small round basket with japanese style cross-hatched pattern
  • Sowerby opalescent Blanc de Lait, small plain salt on 3 ball feet
  • Sowerby opalescent Blanc de Lait, small oblong post with flower decoration and 2 handles
  • Sowerby opalescent Blanc de Lait, crimped round basket with flower decoration
  • Sowerby opalescent Blanc de Lait, oblong table decoration, nursery rhyme, Oranges and Lemons
  • Sowerby opalescent Blanc de Lait, large 8 sided bowl with 2 handles, ribbed and flower decoration

 

    Blanc de Lait (stained opalescent)

  • Sowerby stained opalescent Blanc de Lait, square posy vase with twig handles and peony decoration
  • Sowerby stained opalescent Blanc de Lait, open basket with weave pattern
  • Sowerby stained opalescent Blanc de Lait, small round posy with three feet and ribbed decoration
  • Sowerby stained opalescent Blanc de Lait, posy vase with 2 handles
  • Sowerby stained opalescent Blanc de Lait, Gladstone bag with handle
  • Sowerby stained opalescent Blanc de Lait, small oriental style oval basket with ribbed decoration and comb 2 handles
  • Sowerby stained opalescent Blanc de Lait, double ended swan trough with lilies and bullrushes
  • Sowerby stained opalescent Blanc de Lait, single handle small basket weave vase
  • Sowerby stained opalescent Blanc de Lait, large dish in the form of a fig leaf
  • Sowerby stained opalescent Blanc de Lait, cream jug with diamond decoration

 

    Aesthetic (green and yellow)

  • Sowerby aesthetic green, glass ribbon plate
  • Sowerby aesthetic green, large crimped bowl on three dolphin feet
  • Sowerby aesthetic green, pair swan spill holders with bullrushes
  • Sowerby aesthetic green, double ended swan trough with lilies and bullrushes
  • Sowerby aesthetic green, pair spill holders and flower-holder, lilies and bullrushes, mantelpiece garniture set
  • Sowerby aesthetic yellow, glass ribbon plate
  • Sowerby aesthetic yellow, pair swan spill holders with bullrushes

 

    Marble Glass

  • Sowerby marble glass, bulbous vase with horizontal ribbing in clear glass with white marbling
  • Sowerby marble glass, 2 oriental black bud vases with flower decoration with pale blue marbling
  • Sowerby marble glass, ribbed translucent blue vase with white marbling
  • Sowerby marble glass, translucent green vase with white marbling
  • Sowerby marble glass, translucent blue vase with white marbling
  • Sowerby marble glass, translucent blue vase with white marbling, horizontal ribbing and 3 vertical ribs
  • Sowerby marble glass, large black vase with white marbling
  • Sowerby marble glass, pair of black vases with white and blue marbling, white has mixed with black to produce brown highlights
  • Sowerby marble glass, Black vase with acanthus leaf decoration with white marbling

 

    Nugget

  • Sowerby nugget glass, small blown blue glass pumpkin vase with mica inclusions
  • Sowerby nugget glass, small blown blue glass vase with mica inclusions

 

    Gold (amber)

  • Sowerby gold amber, 2 handled closed vase with basket weave pattern
  • Sowerby gold amber, 4 footed square posy vase
  • Sowerby gold amber, 2 handled, oblong basket weave posy
  • Sowerby gold amber, 2 handled oblong basket
  • Sowerby gold amber, small vase with squares and flower decoration
  • Sowerby gold amber, Nursery Rhyme, Elizabeth, Elspeth, Betsy and Bess

 

    Tortoiseshell

  • Sowerby tortoiseshell, round salt in the form of a washing tub with 2 handles
  • Sowerby tortoiseshell, detail of decoration
  • Sowerby tortoiseshell, oblong salt on 4 feet
  • Sowerby tortoiseshell, detail of decoration

 

    Clear Glass

  • Sowerby clear glass, cauldron in clear frosted glass on 3 feet with 2 handles
  • Sowerby clear glass, small two handled vase hand decorated with ferns
  • Sowerby clear glass, salt with 3 handles decorated with snails
  • Sowerby clear glass, Nursery Rhyme, Multiplication
  • Sowerby clear glass, Nursery Rhyme, Little Bo Peep, vase has added silver top rim with handle
  • Sowerby clear glass, Nursery Rhyme, Oranges and Lemons, oblong table decoration
  • Sowerby clear glass, cream jug with monkey handle

 

    Other colours

  • Sowerby uranium glass posy vase, glows under UV light
  • Sowerby 'Pearline' posy vase with 2 handles
  • Sowerby translucent blue oblong basket weave posy
  • Sowerby translucent teal green 2 handled closed vase with basket weave pattern
  • Sowerby translucent green glass ribbon plate
  • Sowerby translucent green vase, this vase is usually seen in jet black
  • Sowerby translucent olive green vase with Designs from tiles by Maw & Co
  • Sowerby ruby red, Rubine, ribbon plate and stand