Pottery and Glass Design Studies

Arnold William Brunner's sketch sheet documents vessels and containers rendered in quick pen studies. The drawings explore form and proportion across domestic glassware and pottery—bottles with stoppers, rounded pitchers, and bulbous vases with varied neck treatments. Brunner's economical line work captures the essential geometry of functional ware, suggesting either pattern research or teaching material. These studies represent the nineteenth-century designer's practice of rapid iteration and formal analysis, methods that bridged fine art training with applied decorative arts production.