Victorian Sowerby Glass Posy Vase c1880

Description

Heading : Milk glass posy vase or “posy trough”
Date : c1880
Period : Victoria
Origin : Gateshead. England
Colour : White
Body : ‘Elizabeth. Elspeth. Betty & Bess’ pattern 1219. The Sowerby peacock mark is present on the base
Glass Type : Milk glass
Size : 6.3cm tall 15.8cm long and 3.8cm wide
Condition : Excellent. one foot has been polished
Restoration : None
Weight : 222 grams

This pattern was named after Walther Cranes illustrations which were associated with the childrens riddle ‘Elizabeth. Elspeth. Betsy & Bess’. The moulding shows the ‘four’ together with the five eggs from the riddle. All picked up one egg leaving four remaining as the names are all derived from on person. Elizabeth.

Elizabeth. Elspeth. Betsy and Bess.
They all went together to seek a bird’s nest.
They found a bird’s nest with five eggs in.
They all took one. and left four in.

References : Sowerby’s Illustrated Pattern Book Number IX. (1882)