A James Powell and Sons Whitefriars goblet probably designed by Harry Powell

A James Powell and Sons Whitefriars goblet probably designed by Harry Powell, the flaring bowl with amber melted threads, the knopped stem with embedded gold inclusions, on flaring flat foot with amber melted threads unsigned, 21cm. high

Literature

The Studio, 1907, this design illustrated, reproduced in The Studio Decorative Art 1900-1910s, page 333.

Lesley Jackson Whitefriars Glass The Art of James Powell & Sons, Richard Dennis Publications, page 113 plate 76 for comparable goblets with embedded gold knops designed by Harry J Powell probably between 1905-1919.

Catalogue notes

The melted threads relate to the Minerbi range of glass tableware designed by Harry Powell and produced by James Powell & Sons in 1906 as a 400 piece service for Count Lionel Minerbi.

Provenance

Private collection.