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It seeks attention with its silvery surface, and suggests a slightly adventurous taste on the part of its owner. The method of making double-walled silvered glass was complex and made more so by the introduction of coloured glass and cutting.<br><br><b>Materials & Making</b><br>The process of making double-walled silvered glass was patented by Edward Varnish and Frederick Hale Thompson in 1849.  A number of glassworks, such as that of James Powell & Sons of Whitefriars, London, made the blanks.  A vase or, as in this case, an inkholder shape, was formed, with  the glass-blower stopping short of opening out the mouth.  Instead, the top of the vase, still sealed as a bubble shape, was reheated and 'dropped' inwards to form a double-walled interior. This plain, undecorated object was then supplied to a retailer or dealer such as Lund, where it was filled between the walls from the foot end with a solution of silver nitrate and glucose (in the form of grape juice).  The final stage was to seal the hole in the foot with a metal disc, in this example marked for Lund, who may have patented some further detail of the decoration or mount.","physicalDescription":"","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Silvered glass, with blue overlay; pewter cover","categories":[{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"British Galleries","id":"THES48985"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2006AM7936","2006AM7935"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"123 (VA)","id":"THES49217"},"free":"","case":"CA7","shelf":"","box":"2"},{"current":{"text":"123 (VA)","id":"THES49217"},"free":"","case":"CA7","shelf":"","box":"2"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Inkstand","id":""}],[{"text":"Cover","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"possibly"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1850","earliest":"1845-01-01","latest":"1854-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"13.4","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"foot","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"8.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Measured; 07/07/1999 by LH","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Mark 'W.LUND PATENT' on plug in base","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":"A8877"},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"Possibly made in London","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"[*] blue glass inkstand","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nThis effect was achieved by cutting through the blue layer of glass to show the contrasting silvered glass underneath. William Lund of Fleet Street, London was a family firm of retailers. Lund patented the technique, although they did not design or make this glass. Instead they commissioned it from a manufacturer.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["C.21-1961","C.21A-1961"],"accessionNumberNum":"21","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":1961,"otherNumbers":[{"type":{"text":"","id":""},"number":"0759"}],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Inkstand","Cover"],"assets":["2019LN0825","2019LR2094","2019LR0365","2019LP0766","2019LR6408","2019LT8974","2019LV6426"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-08","recordCreationDate":"1999-06-03","availableToBook":false}}