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© Glass Animal Covered Dishes by Jennifer Patton Page 1 matthew turnbull, cornhill glassworks Glassworks of Matthew Turnbull in Southwick, Sunderland began in 1859. At 16 years of age, Matthew Turnbull forged glass for Schmied. It is rumored that his father Thomas Turnbull was a partner of Wear Flint Glassworks in Sunderland (Sunderland Flint Glassworks). In my research, I read a 2009 thread from www.glassmessages.com. A woman named Sally was doing extensive research on the life of flint glass manufacturer Thomas Walton who owned Sunderland Flint Glassworks for one year, 1857. Sally stated Turnbull ran Haverton Hill Glassworks during the 1840s, a works which Walton bought in 1849 and sold in 1856. ---This would have been when Thomas Turnbull met Thomas Walton.--- Sally described how Walton followed Turnbull "across the pond" after he sold Wear Flint Glassworks to Henry Greener in 1858 to help set up Cornhill Glassworks in 1859. When Thomas Walton left Cornhill Glassworks in 1865, the company was fully owned by the Turnbull family and renamed. Thomas Walton's wife passed in 1866 and he left the Southwick area, going to Manchester. Pressed glass was on the rise. Both Cornhill Glassworks and Wear Flint Glassworks (Sunderland Flint Glassworks) became involved in pressed glass after Walton left. Very interestingly, Walton only dealt with Flint glassmaking. A person in the thread from UK London stated he was working on the post-excavation analysis of the excavation conducted by Pre-Construct Archaeology of the glass factory on that site. He mentioned that all the glass debris he studied did not include any waste from glass blowing, only from pressed glass. He determined that all Walton flint related glass must have been cleared out. Sally told a man who inquired how she came across her information of Walton being involved with Turnbull's Cornhill Glassworks that she found research by Alan Leach published in the "Glass Cone" (magazine of the Glass Association), No. 21, Spring 1989, which was mainly about the Haverton Hill glassworks. Sally was researching the Waltons because Thomas Walton's son, Thomas Walton Jr. went to Japan in 1874 to help the Japanese develop their first Western-style glassworks. Thomas Walton Jr. background led to her understanding how useful he was in Japan and why he was chosen.
© Glass Animal Covered Dishes by Jennifer Patton Page 2 matthew turnbull, cornhill glassworks Sally went on to say "The topic of the Shinagawa glassworks had already been mentioned on this message board a few months ago (10 December 2008) by David Encill of Chance Expressions, when he discussed the research already done in Japan by Ms. Osumi." Matthew Turnbull and Co. Ltd. manufactured pressed tableware in flint and Amber. First and foremost, Turnbull dealt in exporting glass. During the 20th century it was a regular supplier to Woolworths in Britain. Woolworths was a home goods store throughout the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (England, Wales, Scotland), much like IKEA is today for us. A 1951 Turnbull ad stated "Export still holds priority, but the delivery question for Home Trade is becoming a little easier, and we feel confident we can give you increasing satisfaction in this direction. We look forward to seeing you, Yours faithfully, p.p. Matthew Turnbull, LTD. When Turnbull lost their contract with Woolworths in 1953, Turnbull closed. Woolworths in the UK officially closed in October of 2015. Turnbull records were poorly kept. Three animal covered dishes were produced by Turnbull, Cornhill Glassworks: Owl Registration No. 111661 Date: October 19, 1888 Sitting Chicken Registration No. 117815 Date: January 21, 1889* Bull's Head Registration No. 119318 Date: February 9, 1889 *Seigmar Geiselberger asked "Did Turnbull copy the 1895 Hen Can which August Riecke made at their mold factory or did Riecke make Turnbull's Hen Can?" ---The answer is...we may never know!--- We know the Owl was first produced by Turnbull and later by Atterbury Glass Company. The Bull's Head was first made by Atterbury and reproduced by Turnbull. These three animal covered dishes were very short lived and are very collectible today.
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