19th Century Scottish Glass
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of around 500 pieces of 19th century Scottish glassware which dates from between 1800 and 1881. This collection contains excellent examples of glassware that charts the rise of the Scottish glass industry in the 19th century. It predominantly comprises glass bottles, tableware and other objects that are associated with Scotland or attributed to Scottish manufacturers. Significant holdings include 'type' material by Jenkinson's Edinburgh glassworks and the Glasgow glassworks of John Baird and James Couper and Sons. The Corporation collected 20 fine examples of Venetian-influenced glass in 1876, made by Jenkinson's Norton Park Glassworks in Edinburgh, which includes glasses, dishes, a tazza and a spill pot. There are also 22 elaborately engraved drinking glasses and jugs in the collection with designs of birds, figures, geometric and fern ornamentation. These were made between 1876 and 1881 by John Baird's of Glasgow and gifted by his widow in 1927. A significant body of work by James Couper and Sons includes early drinking glasses as well as pieces from their Clutha art glass range and samples. Other key Scottish glassworks represented include bottles by Alloa, Dumbarton and Kilmarnock.
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