Chance Brothers & Co.
First name: W.E.
Foundation date: 1865
Active: 1865 -
Function: Suppliers/maunfacturers of coloured and ornamental glass
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
New entries have been made each time a work was exhibited due to a lack of evidence about the state, medium or edition shown.
Manufactured Coloured and Ornamental Glass and Ecclesiastical Window
1865
Locations
Located at Oldbury | View on map
1893
Suppliers/ Manufacturers of antique glass.
Ran a business at Smethwick Birmingham | View on map
1921
Feb. 26th, 1921, p. 116.
'Glass Works'
Ran a business at Scottish Works Glasgow | View on map
1921
Feb. 26th, 1921, p. 116.
'Glass Works'
Exhibitions, Courses, Meetings and other Events
Exhibited at International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures, Dublin, 1865
1865
Section XXIV: Glass, p. 26, no. 671: 'coloured and ornamental glass,etc'.
Also exhibited in Section XXVI: Medieval Furniture and Metalwork, p. 29, no. 758: 'ecclesiastical window'.
Institutional and Business Connections
Supplier of materials to Earley and Powells (later Earley and Co.)
1893
Suppliers/ Manufacturers of antique glass.
Publications
Advertised in The Irish Builder and Engineer, 1921 formerly The Dublin Builder
26 February 1921, p. 116: 'Glass Works'
Advertised in The Irish Builder, 1916 formerly The Dublin Builder
30 September 1916, p. 479
Sources
Earley and Company (Ecclesiastical Decorators)Documentation: Box 3 of 7 Earley and Company Documentation (ECD)
ECD/8, Large Folio Ledger and Costs Book, p. 2.
Official Catalogue of Dublin International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures 1865
1865
Section XXIV: Glass, p. 26, no. 671: 'coloured and ornamental glass,etc'.
Also exhibited in Section XXVI: Medieval Furniture and Metalwork, p. 29, no. 758: 'ecclesiastical window'.
The Irish Builder and Engineer, 1921 formerly The Dublin Builder
1921
26 February 1921, p. 116
The Irish Builder, 1916 formerly The Dublin Builder
1916
30 September 1916, p. 479
Citing this record
'Chance Brothers & Co.', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=msib3_1214840201, accessed 04 Oct 2023]