Davidson Blue Pearline 'Brideshead' Glass Footed Bowl, c1890's Geometric Period

Geometric Period

by which time they had extended their influence all over Central Asia – from China to the northern Black Sea

Type IIIB (Figures 100 & 101)

which was to be inserted into a wooden shaft to form the complete arrow projectile

A large terracotta head of a woman

Davidson Blue Pearline 'Brideshead' Glass Footed Bowl, c1890's Geometric PeriodGeorge Davidson & Co (England) A blue pearline glass footed bowl in their 'brideshead' pattern, dating to the 1890's period. In 1889 Davidson's introduced one of their most successful lines, a colouring which they called "Pearline". It was only made in two colours, blue and lemon yellow, each with a white edge. Pearline glass was so successful that Davidson's introduced a new suite of designs made in "pearline" almost every year until 1903, and