Not on display

Wine Glass

1890-1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Wine glass, England (London), probably made by James Powell & Sons (Whitefriars Glassworks), 1870-1903

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Clear, light-green glass, blown
Brief description
Wine glass, England (London), probably made by James Powell & Sons (Whitefriars Glassworks), 1870-1903
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.0cm
Style
Gallery label
Said to have been inspired by a 'Venetian' glass in the makers' collection.
Credit line
Gift of Ms. Gibson
Object history
Said by the donor to have been bought at one of the early Arts & Crafts Society exhibitions 'apparently' from Morris & Co.
Production
Conversation with wendy Evans MoL 3.12.93 MoL archive 3252/1 Harry Powell Glasses with Histories no.874 'Venetian' page and on p.61 ..'inspired by one in the collecion of J Powell & sons' Price range B - opal =8/3 (1903)
Bibliographic reference
Lesley Jackson, Whitefriars Glass: The Art of James Powell & Sons, London 1996, p. 24, fig. 58 shows a glass of this model in opalescent glass, by Harry Powell, illustrated in the Art Journal of 1896. Such a glass in teh Wuerttembergisches Landesmuseum in Stuttgart, is illustrated on p. 45, fig. 123
Other number
1140 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.350-1960

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
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