British Bottles

Seven Stages of Degradation is a unique art glass installation of seven components by the British artist Louise Thompson and the British designer Sophie Thomas. Each piece is solid glass with internal colored detail and trapped bubbles. Each topped with a found beach plastic cap. An ongoing body of work with the first set exhibited as part of the Summer Exhibition 2018, at the Royal Academy London. The artwork's aim is to highlight the current serious issue of ocean plastic. Although not essentially about it’s dramatic harmful effect on the sea’s inhabitants and environment, this artwork focuses on the prolonged duration for which it can exist within these vital waters. About the collaborating artists; Louis Thompson With a professional career spanning over 25 years, Thompson has taught in the UK and abroad. He has exhibited extensively in the UK, Europe, USA and Japan. In 2012 Thompson received two prestigious awards in the UK: British Glass Biennale Winner and the Jerwood Foundation Makers Commission. He has been invited to create installations for various museums and international exhibitions and his work is held in permanent museum collections in Belgium, Germany, Japan, Czech Republic and the V&A Museum in London. Thompson has completed International residencies at the prestigious Museum of Glass in Tacoma, The Glazenhuis Museum in Belgium and most recently at Soneva Art Glass in the Maldives. Sophie Thomas A highly respected and established leader in creative campaigning and communication design, Thomas’ long...

Antique English hand-painted porcelain bodkin or billet-doux case, exceptionally hand-painted in a neoclassical style. Please note damaged lid/top broken and mended many years ago...

A pair of slice cut Regency decanters with diamond cut band.

A large heavily textured volcanic bottle shaped vessel with black and white glaze and markings. Made from black textured stoneware clay and porcelain engobe. Inspiration for the pie...

A highly unusual pair of Victorian decanters made by Leuchars of 38 Piccadilly London. The opaque glass bodies ormolu-mounted with Fine swaged rope decoration this with inserted enam...

An outstanding pair of hand blown Victorian Pharmacy Carboys, dating to around 1870 -1880, these were generally found in the window of Victorian che...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V acid etched glass, English sterling silver and enamel cologne bottle; an addition to our silver mounted glass collection. This exceptional antique George V glass cologne bottle has a cylindrical rounded form. The glass bottle is fitted with a plain cylindrical hallmarked sterling silver mount to the neck. This antique cologne bottle...

Tall large bottle shaped white and black stoneware clay and porcelain vessel with heavy volcanic textured glaze. The work is hand built using a combination of stoneware black and bu...

A fine pair of scale and flute cut club shaped Georgian decanters with cut flower to the bodies.

A finely engraved pair of Labelled Rum & Gin tapered Georgian decanters.

Warp & Fade 017 is a unique handblown glass vessel with fine white cane detail created by the British artist Liam Reeves. Incorporating layers of glass, the top colours in blue and red merge to create a larger spectrum, as the hues blur from one to the other. The entire piece is finally sandblasted creating a soft satin, diffused finish. Liam Reeves has been making glass professionally since 1998 when he graduated from Middlesex University with a BA (Hons) in three-dimensional design. During this time he has honed his skills whilst working in the glass industry for some of the best glassmakers in the UK. In 2009 Reeves studied for an MA at the RCA in order to explore the creative possibilities of the medium of glassblowing. He is currently hot-glass technician at the very same and prestigious Royal College of Art in London. While at the RCA Liam discovered a passion for investigating pivotal techniques from glassblowing’s two-millennia of rich history. From the mould blowing of ancient Rome to the complex goblet-making techniques of Renaissance Venice...

Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1904 by William Devenport, this attractive, Antique, Edwardian, Sterling Silver Scent Bottle, features a hobnail cut round glass body, and an ornate silve...

English Victorian cologne bottle, 1880. Cut-glass cylinder with short and threaded inset neck. Ball cover in form of male head with big ears, receding hairline, tronie-style grimace,...

This exceptionally rare cameo glass perfume bottle by Thomas Webb & Sons takes the form of an albatross. The upper layer of opal glass is expertly carved t...

A pair of sterling silver and crystal perfume bottles made in England, circa 1907. Each bottle has an elaborate cut-glass design with...

The elegance of rare silver overlay distinguishes this Art Nouveau glass flask. The flowing, graceful motif allows sections of the clear glass, and the co...

Robert Fournier (1915-2008), stoneware, tall flattened, bottle, circa 1960-1965 This bottle is from the same series as No.2008.658.18 in the Metropoli...

Contemporary Mouthblown Vessel Low Water - Jahday Ford. A recent graduate from the Manchester School Of Art specialising in hot blown glass and mould design. Jahday is driven to ex...

Hallmarked in London in 1893, this stylish, antique sterling silver scent bottle, features a hobnail cut glass body, a faceted stopper, an...

Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1908 by Thomas Bishton, this attractive pair of Edwardian, Antique Sterling Silver Scent Bottles, features hobnail cut glass bodies, and art nouveau desig...

Here is a pair of handblown bottles with unconventional round bottoms. These bottles were stored in racks on their sides so the corks would not dry out. The turned mahogany stands wh...

A pair of Victorian square cut and fruiting vine engraved panelled decanters.

An Extremely Rare William IV Travelling Scent Flask Made in London in 1835 by Archibald Douglas. The Scent Flask is plain in design and narrow rectangular in form. The screw on cove...

1950s Porcelain Bottle with Gin Stopper.

A red English Nailsea glass pocket flask with white. Nailsea blown glass very fine early 19th century 1830s.

A white with red English Nailsea glass flask. Nailsea blown glass very fine early 19th century 1830s.