John Walsh Walsh for Veritas-Efesca Works | 2 Similar Cut-glass Pla...

2 very good quality cut-glass plafonniers produced by the famous glass factory of John Walsh Walsh. Both of matching size and shape, but with different patterns, they are available to purchase as a  complimentary pair or seperately. Both hang with identical brass fitments for suspension designed by Falk Stadleman & Co. Ltd of Veritas-Efesca Works, Birmingham and are marked with R.D 727712 for the year 1927. England, c.1925-35 Plafonnier 1: Identified by its more symetrical and busy starburst cut-glass design and matching the picture seen in John Walsh Walsh provenance picture. Plafonnier 2: Identified by the lighter cut-glass design and its vertical cut to top edge of the plafonnier Provenance: See national archives photo for fitments registered design see photo of one cut-glass plafonniers listed in The Glass of John Walsh Walsh by Eric Reynolds Please Note: Prices are for one plafonnier only Available to buy seperately or as a pair Dimensions/ Specifications: Ht.(as displayed)60cm/24in, Ht.(min)60/16, W.36/14 Supplied with the original 3.5in ceiling rose Height extendable for additional charge Not Included: 2 x B.22  (4w or 6w) L.E.D gandle/golf Bulbs (Available to purchase in our accessories department) screw fixings  John Walsh Walsh (1850–1951) Soho Glassworks & Vesta Glassworks (Lodge Road, Birmingham) John Walsh Walsh is considered one of Britain’s most influential glass manufacturing companies outside the Stourbridge Glass Quarter 1850: Birmingham entrepreneur John Walsh Walsh purchased the established Soho Glassworks on Lodge Road to produce his own soda water bottles. 1864: The founder John Walsh Walsh passed away, leaving the enterprise to be split among his children. 1879–1882: Following a family buyout, control transitioned to Walsh’s daughter Ellen and her husband Thomas Walker. They hired Lewis John Murray as manager, shifting production toward high-end cut crystal and art glassware. 1897: The company formally launched its highly iconic “New Opaline Brocade” range, which became heavily sought after for Art Nouveau lighting shades 1923: The factory site officially adopted the dual moniker of the Soho and Vesta Glass Works. 1926 (23 June): The iconic “WALSH” trademark was legally registered to combat cheap imitation imports from continental Europe.