George Davidson

George Davidson

George Davidson

The George Davidson glass works made its name primarily with a range of pressed colored class that satisfied the growing demand for decorative domestic where,.

George Davidson

Davidson had notable success with its opalescent pearline pressed glass in blues or primrose yellow.

Matching sets of tableware, vases, and souvenir, such as photo transfer plates, were mass produced for a keen and aspirational market from the late 1880s until world War one.

When opalescent glass went out of fashion, George Davidson introduced its cloud range, with a swirling streaked and mottled coloured effect that imitated more expensive materials such as marble.

George Davidson

The cloud range was a huge hit and remained in production until world War 11, with new colours being added at regular intervals, which can help date the glass, colours including purple from 1923 are highly sought after, red glass from 1929 with a finish that resembles Chinese lacquer.

Early pieces made when the mould still had crisp definition or the most attractive.

George Davidson

Davison patented a dome shaped flower block, now commonly known as a frog, look for vases and  matching, frog the are not damaged, as this ads to the value.

After World War II, the company never quite enjoyed the same success it did not add any  new styles, and it’s hand made produced glass became increasingly un competitive.

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