75 – Vase
- Physical description:
- Unusual glass vase in white and shades of purple, with a witch depicted on two sides.
- Museum classification:
- Images of Witchcraft
- Size:
- 80 X 60 x 60 mm
- Information:
Original text by Cecil Williamson: 'An interesting little vase depicting on its four faces various scenes of activity one of which shows a witch woman about her work. This vase for many years graced a small house shrine set up and dedicated to the little people. It was kept gay with fresh wild flowers and its keeper, who lived at Indian Queens, firmly believed that she owed all her good fortune in life to this spiritual link with the little, or as she preferred to call them, the wee old folk.'
This type of glass is known as purple malachite or slag glass, and dates from the late 1870s to 1890s. This is a spill vase, probably made either by Davidson or Sowerby (or, less likely, Challinor, Taylor & Co).- Resource:
- Object
- Materials:
- Glass
- Copyright ownership:
- Copyright to The Museum of Witchcraft Ltd.
Original text by Cecil Williamson: 'An interesting little vase depicting on its four faces various scenes of activity one of which shows a witch woman about her work. This vase for many years graced a small house shrine set up and dedicated to the little people. It was kept gay with fresh wild flowers and its keeper, who lived at Indian Queens, firmly believed that she owed all her good fortune in life to this spiritual link with the little, or as she preferred to call them, the wee old folk.'
This type of glass is known as purple malachite or slag glass, and dates from the late 1870s to 1890s. This is a spill vase, probably made either by Davidson or Sowerby (or, less likely, Challinor, Taylor & Co).