Dates produced
1983-1988
Designer
Elizabeth Harris
Colourways
- Bindweed (1986 only) (green base glass with pale blue and white spots)
- Bluebell (1986-1988) (dark blue base glass with dark cobalt blue and white spots)
- Buttercup (1983-1985) (pale yellow base glass with yellow and white spots)
- Clover (1983-1985) (light green base glass with multicoloured spots)
- Cornflower (1983-1985) (powder blue base glass with light blue spots)
- Dog Rose (1983-1985, 1987-1988) (light pink base glass with red and light green spots)
- Foxglove (1983-1985) (dark pink base glass with orangy and green spots)
- Heather (1983-1985) (greenish base glass with purple spots)
- Poppy (1983-1988) (white base glass with dark red, dark blue and green spots)
- Primrose (1986-1988) (dark yellow base glass with pink and dark blue spots)
- Snowdrop (1986-1988) (light green base glass with large white spots)
- Unknown (evidently Meadow Garden, but does not match other colourways)
- Violet (1983-1988) (light purple base glass with lilac, blue and white spots)
In 1984-1985, pieces received a light fuming with stannous chloride to produce a mild iridescence.
Be warned that the Meadow Garden colourways are difficult to identify. They varied a lot and the colourways were not always accurately described. We have tried our best here and gained expert opinion when possible, but there may be mistakes. It is possible to confuse some of the Meadow Garden colourways with Summer Fruits. Frilled, uneven rims are characteristic of oval vases of Meadow Garden and can help identify this design when there is some doubt.
Examples
Bindweed
Flask perfume bottle, 9.5 cm high with stopper, 6.1 cm wide and 3.5 cm deep. The oval vase measures 8.6 cm high x 7.1 cm wide x 4.6 cm deep. These have been confirmed by Ron Wheeler and Tim Harris. Ron described the colour as Sargasso Green. Image courtesy of Mike Collinson.
Buttercup
Oval vase, 12.5 cm high. It is not certain this identification is correct.
Clover
Oval vase, 13 cm high.
Cornflower
Oval vase, 12.8 cm high.
Foxglove
Oval vase, 8.9 cm high, 7.0 cm wide. Image courtesy of Mike Collinson.
Poppy
Oval vase, 13 cm high.
Primrose
Primrose vase or a perfume bottle, but the inside neck has not been frosted. It measures 7.2 cm high x 7.2 cm wide x 4.0 cm deep. Image courtesy of Mike Collinson.
Snowdrop
Globe vase, 11.5 cm high, 10 cm diameter.
Meadow Garden Snowdrop oval vase, 12.8 cm high x 8.1 cm wide x 4.9 cm deep. The colours apparently got much darker toward the end of the production run. The vase has also been fumed. Image courtesy of Mike Collinson.
Unknown Colourway
Meadow Garden oval vase in an unknown colourway, but with some similarities to Poppy. It is 13.1 cm high, 8 cm wide and 5 cm deep. Image courtesy of Mike Collinson.
Meadow Garden oval vase in an unknown colourway, about 13 cm high. Image courtesy of Mike Collinson.
Meadow Garden bird paperweight in an unknown colourway, 7 cm long x 4.5 cm high.
Violet
Oval vase, 13 cm high.
