Sherry Glass

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V&A South Kensington
Glass, Room 131

Artist/Maker	James Powell & Sons (manufacturers) Powell, Edmund Barnaby (designers)
Place of origin	Wealdstone (made)

Sherry glass, part of set with decanter and six glasses, wheel-engraved glass, designed by Edmund Barnaby Powell for James Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd, London, about 1935-39

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Categories	Glass Drinking
Object type	Sherry glass
Materials and techniques	Glass, wheel-engraved
Brief description	Sherry glass, part of set with decanter and six glasses, wheel-engraved glass, designed by Edmund Barnaby Powell for James Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd, London, about 1935-39
Dimensions	Height: 20.2cm Diameter: 10.5cm
Style	20TH GB
Gallery label	(18/06/2009) Decanter and six sherry glasses , wheel-engraved Britain (Wealdstone, London), about 1935-39 designed by Edmund Barnaby Powell, for James Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd (Circ.196 &A to G-1939) .
Object history	£1 11s 0d paid for CIRC.196 to G-1939, decanter with stopper and six sherry glasses.
Associated objects	CIRC.196-1939 (Set) CIRC.196A-1939 (Set) CIRC.196C-1939 (Set) CIRC.196D-1939 (Set) CIRC.196E-1939 (Set) CIRC.196F-1939 (Set) CIRC.196G-1939 (Set)
Bibliographic references	Opie, Jennifer Hawkins and Marianne Hollis. Thirties : British art and design before the war / an exhibition organised by the Arts Council in collaboration with the Victoria & Albert Museum. London : Arts Council, 1979. Catalogue number 4.133. Hawkins, J. The Thirties. [Circulation leaflet]. 1975.
Other number	0436 - Glass gallery number
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	CIRC.196B-1939

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Record created	June 18, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O249675/sherry-glass-powell-edmund-barnaby/

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