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115 A PAIR OF 19TH CENTURY PUGH
GLASS CELERY VASES,
of trumpet form decorated with wheel cut
continuous landscapes of deer in woodland.
25.5cm tall
€ 800 - 1,000
In 1855 Thomas and Richard Pugh left the glass-
works firm Iriwin’s of Potters’ Alley to set up a
small glassworks at Lower Liffey Street. The busi-
ness expanded quickly and by 1863 the Pughs
had taken over the historic premises at Potters’
Alley where glass had been manufactured since
the middle of the 18th Century. The firm pro-
duced a wide range of domestic and industrial
glass and when it closed its doors in 1890 no
led glass was manufactured in Ireland until the
establishment of Waterford Glass in 1947.
In an effort to meet the growing popularity of
good quality table glass the Pughs recruited
accomplished bohemian glass engravers, among
them was Franz Tieze. Here Tieze developed
an elegant, highly individual style focusing on
naturalistic and Celtic revival motifs. He was one
of the only engravers brought over by the firm
who settled in Dublin, remaining here long after
the Pugh’s glassworks had closed.
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