Go Back

Greener & Co. (British, active from 1858)

Australia’s Centenary. 1788-1888. Advance Australia [Collection Of Commemorative Glass]

c1887. Nine moulded glass bowls and plates, comprising eight amber-coloured and one clear, all with a version of the Australian coat of arms and some with registration number “88120”, diameters range from 12.3cm to 26.5cm. Some with minor chips and surface scratches.

Glass designs include “A present from Sydney”, and “Australia’s Centenary.”Henry Greener entered into a partnership in Sunderland in 1858 and became sole owner in 1869 of the Wear Flint Glassworks, which he moved to Millfield. After his death in 1882 the works was bought by J.A. Jobling and eventually became the British manufacturers of Pyrex glass. During its time Greener & Co. became a large glass works with “offices in Birmingham, London and Hamburg.” Ref: V&A, London; Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.
Item #CL161-32

Please contact us re availability  other currencies