Friday, February 7, 2020

Nailsea Glass

Nailsea Glass gets its name from the Nailsea Glassworks in Nailsea, Sommerset, UK (near Bristol), but refers to a type of decorative glass often made as end of day whimsies by glassblowers with a distinctive stripe pattern, it is a type.of canework (uses canes of decorated glass) blown lengthwise.

black glass flask with white lines, further details at https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flask_(AM_364-5).jpg
Simple Nailsea Flask

Nailsea Glassworks 1810 by unknown British artist


In Wish With The Candles Mrs. Hastings has "some nice little pieces of Nailsea Glass on the inglenook shelf." (The inglenook is a cozy "room within a room" around the fireplace.)

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