English

Six-sided moulded glass flower(?) holder in the form of a box with two long parallel sides with chisel-shaped ends standing on four short feet; moulded pictorial decoration on the exterior shows a line of four girls in long dresses and bonnets, the one in front reaching out to a bird's nest containing five eggs; at the ends are frogs and sheep; in the centre of the base is a raised factory mark of a peacock's head crest; made by Sowerby, c1880, the design is entitled 'Elizabeth Elspeth Betsy and Bess' and is from a children's nursery rhyme illustration by Walter Crane