Glassworkers pressing glass John Wykeham Front Row: Alan Sealey

Front Row: Alan Sealey

the driver and passengers had to brave the weather

View of wooden buildings at the riverside

mounted on a backing sheet

Showing surrounding area and figures

Glassworkers pressing glass John Wykeham Front Row: Alan SealeyScene showing two glassworkers engaged in the manufacturing of pressed glass, probably at the Apsley Pellatt & Company's Falcon Glassworks at Holland Street, Blackfriars, London. Figure from page 121 of the book Curiosities of glass making with details of the processes and productions of ancient and modern ornamental glass manufacture by Apsley Pellatt (David Bogue, London, 1849). Inscribed below: "Pressing Glass." Apsley Pellatt (1791 1863) was an