A COLLECTION OF JAMES POWELL & SONS WHITEFRIARS GLASS VESSELS
EARLY 20TH CENTURY, ONE PIECE ENGRAVED GRAY-STAN
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A COLLECTION OF JAMES POWELL & SONS WHITEFRIARS GLASS VESSELS
EARLY 20TH CENTURY, ONE PIECE ENGRAVED GRAY-STAN
Designed by Harry Powell, comprising: two large goblets, one with a bell-shaped bowl with blue feathering, the other of Vaseline glass with ribbed stem, a third chalice-shaped 'tear' vase applied with pulled blue teardrop decoration; together with a Gray-Stan goblet with green footrim and trailed teardrop decoration
Vaseline goblet: 10 in. (26 cm.) high
Literature
B. Coleman, The Best of British Arts & Crafts, Atglen, PA, 2004, p. 152.
For a reference to a similar chalice-shaped vase designed by Harry Powell and exhibited at the Manchester City Art Galleries in 1996 see L. Jackson, Whitefriars Glass, The Art of James Powell & Sons, Shepton Beauchamp, 1996, p. 107.
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