George Bacchus & Sons

George Bacchus & Sons, originally called Bacchus & Green^[1] was a 19th-century manufacturer of fine glassware located in Birmingham, England.^[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
^ ^a ^b ^c 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, vol. 2, Oxford University Press US, p. 188, ISBN 978-0-19-518948-3, retrieved 6 September 2009

External links

Two example pieces at the Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery

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[1] Ray Shill (2005), Birmingham and the Black Country's canal industries, Tempus, p. 66, ISBN 978-0-7524-3262-5

[ant-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

[3] Gordon Campbell (2006), The Grove encyclopedia of decorative arts, vol. 2, Oxford University Press US, p. 188, ISBN 978-0-19-518948-3, retrieved 6 September 2009

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