#BlueMonday 💙:
“#Lion after Landseer” Paperweight
Design registered 1874
Manufacturer: John Derbyshire, Regent Road Flint Glass Works, Manchester, England, 1874-1900
Press-molded glass, H12.3 x W18.5 x D10.8 cm
V & A C.262-1987 https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O3780/lion-after-landseer-paperweight-john-derbyshire/
“The lion was modeled on the bronze lions designed in 1858 by Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-73) at the foot of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, London…. Derbyshire made other designs based on [his] paintings…including a greyhound and a collie.”
