Whiskey glass
Classification(s):
Glass
Date: c. 1951-1976
Organisation: Caithness Glass (Scottish, founded 1961)
Designer: Domhnall Ó Broin (Irish, 1934 - 2005)
Dimensions:
83 × 82 mm (8.3 × 8.2 cm)
Medium: Glass
Object number: CC046
See Also
(not assigned):Scotland
DescriptionWhiskey glass, possibly designed by Domhnall O Broin for Caithness Glass. Made in Scotland. The glass has a heavy bottom with a dark blue/black colour. The Caithness Glass label “CG” is to front.
ProvenanceThis object was originally acquired for the Inner London Education Authority’s (ILEA) ‘Circulating Design Scheme’ collection.
The collection was instigated by the London Country Council (later the Greater London Council) and the Council of Industrial Design (COID). The collection’s original purpose was concerned with the teaching and dissemination of modern, ‘good design’.
The collection was established in 1951/52 as the ‘Experiment in Design Appreciation’, later renamed the ‘Circulating Design Scheme’.
The Circulating Design Scheme lent boxed showcases to London schools. The showcases contained handling objects, material samples and interpretation on a specific subject.
COID withdrew its involvement in the Scheme in 1957. After which time, it was managed exclusively by the London County Council from 1957-1963.
After the administrative restructuring of London authorities, the Scheme was jointly managed by the Greater London Council and the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) from 1963 – 1976.
The Scheme was operational until 1976 when the collections were withdrawn from circulation. ILEA was abolished in the late 1980s and the collection was donated to Camberwell College of Arts in 1989/90.
ILEA was responsible for secondary and tertiary education in the inner London boroughs, this included Camberwell.
The collection was instigated by the London Country Council (later the Greater London Council) and the Council of Industrial Design (COID). The collection’s original purpose was concerned with the teaching and dissemination of modern, ‘good design’.
The collection was established in 1951/52 as the ‘Experiment in Design Appreciation’, later renamed the ‘Circulating Design Scheme’.
The Circulating Design Scheme lent boxed showcases to London schools. The showcases contained handling objects, material samples and interpretation on a specific subject.
COID withdrew its involvement in the Scheme in 1957. After which time, it was managed exclusively by the London County Council from 1957-1963.
After the administrative restructuring of London authorities, the Scheme was jointly managed by the Greater London Council and the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) from 1963 – 1976.
The Scheme was operational until 1976 when the collections were withdrawn from circulation. ILEA was abolished in the late 1980s and the collection was donated to Camberwell College of Arts in 1989/90.
ILEA was responsible for secondary and tertiary education in the inner London boroughs, this included Camberwell.
NotesThis object was circulated to London schools as part of the Inner London Education Authority’s (I.L.E.A) Circulating Design Scheme, which operated from 1951-1976. The whiskey glass featured in the ‘Modern British Glass, Pottery, Metal, Wood and Textiles’ group in case number 1. The boxed showcase investigates the work of Industrial Designers in a more detailed way. The boxed showcase describes the role of the Industrial Designer as “determining much of the quality of domestic, social and working life in the machine age”. The text suggests to successfully work within an economic framework for large-scale production, the Industrial Designer must “see the technical, economic, human and aesthetic factors involved in product designing as an integrated whole”. The text also describes the design method as involving, an analytical study of the problem, a report containing market information, a design brief and a sequence of design prototypes. This object was originally acquired from The Primavera Gallery, London. The associated record card indicates the boxed showcase was in use from 1970-76. Original photograph of boxed showcase copyright Harold King (Photography) Ltd, Morden, Surrey.
ILEA originally acquired this object from The Primavera Gallery, London.
ILEA originally acquired this object from The Primavera Gallery, London.
