Arts & Crafts hand-blown glass wine jug

Antique wine jug with hand-blown fluted glass body and Arts & Crafts style silver mounts.

The Arts & Crafts movement emerged from a disenchantment with the impersonal, mechanised direction of society in the 19th century and advocated a return to a simpler, more fulfilling way of living. The movement was admired for its use of high quality materials and for its emphasis on utility in design.