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A short explanation of Bagley Glass:Bagley Glassworks started out as bottle-makers in 1871 in Knottingley (south-east of Leeds), Northern England. In 1912 they opened a new department which they called The Crystal Glass Company which branched out into crystal and pressed glass. They produced very little if any true lead crystal glass, and that only during their first two years. But in the 1920's and 1930's and after the war (after 1945) they were major manufacturers of art deco pressed glass, continuing until 1975. The company was taken over a number of times, and today, after extensive modernisation, the site makes glass jars and perfume bottles.
Under the management of Stanley and Percy Bagley from the mid-1930's until the late 1950's, the company produced some excellent designs like the art deco jug and clock on the left. The jug is "Sunburst" pattern number 3072 (from their catalogue) produced in 1939; and the clock is "Bamboo" pattern number 3007, made from 1935 until the mid 1950s.
Most Bagley designs were made in huge numbers, with clear or matt satin finishes, in amber, pastel blue, pastel green, rose pink, amethyst, yellow, and clear glass. They were marketed under the name Crystaltynt. Bagley also produced jade glass and an opaque black they called Jetique, and after the war (in the late 1940's) they added Crystopal, an opaque coloured glass.
Some half dozen designs were commissioned from the London designer Alexander Hardie Williamson, including the leaf vase (registration number 798844, made in 1934) and the marine bowl (registration 798843 also 1934). These registration numbers are sometimes marked in the moulding on the glass, and sometimes omitted.
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For more information on Bagley Glass, there is a very comprehensive book called Bagley Glass by Angela Bowey and Derek and Betty Parsons, published in 2004 - click here to read more about it; and also a CD which not only has masses of information, photographs and catalog pictures, it also has the original video about Bagley Glass made by Derek and Betty Parsons. Click here or see below to read about the CD.
INFORMATION about Bagley Glass!
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Click on the picture for more details. At last a book on Bagley Glass. The first edition of this book sold out in a few months. The 2nd Edition is now available and has received a rave response - more information, more and better pictures, new items identified as Bagley for the first time, a helpful index, and more compehensive coverage; - so much so that there is no need for a supporting CD, which brings the price lower! This book is a truly comprehensive guide to help you identify Bagley Glass. 2nd Edition book US$33.90 plus pp. |
If you would like more information on glass from the North of England, go to the Glass Museum article on Sunderland glass(click here). Also check out this encyclopedia's pages on Davidsons and Sowerby and Joblings, all from the North East of England but further north than Bagley's.
Most books on 20th century British glass include at least some information on Bagley's glass. Here is the Bagley Glass book and some books that help to put Bagley Glass in its context. Click on any book cover on this page to read more about a particular book.
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