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James Derbyshire Glass:
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above: greek key vase by James Derbyshire of Manchester, c. 1865. If you are looking for Derbyshire Glass by James or John Derbyshire it may be for sale on eBay. See what there is just now - click Derbyshire glass ![]() |
Manchester was the second great center producing pressed glass in England during the 19th century. The first was the North East (Gateshead, Sunderland, and Newcastle) with three giant companies Sowerby, Davidson, and Greener, and several smaller ones. There were five glassworks in Manchester producing high quality pressed glass which today is highly collectible, plus several lesser known ones. The main five were:
Pressed glass designs from Manchester were popular in the 1860s and 1870s, slightly earlier than most of the pressed glass innovations from the North East of England where the first pressed glass designs were registered in the 1870s. |