This drinking glass is decorated with a band of enameled yellow and white flowers and green leaves and with yellow and green pointed leaves, with pinkish stems crisscrossing on the disk-shaped foot. The same ornaments are on the matching jug (#2005.3.1).
Henry Cole believed that public taste would be elevated if well-known painters and sculptors could be brought to design everyday domestic objects like this set of jug and tumblers (#2005.3.1-2005.3.3). To aid in the production of artistic items for the home, Cole founded Felix Summerly's Art Manufacturers, a firm that lasted about three years. The "Well Spring" design was developed by painter and writer Richard Redgrave. Its feathery tendrils of pond grass echo the object's function as a container of water.