A set of James Powell & Sons Whitefriars Tear wine glasses designed by Harry Powell

A set of James Powell & Sons Whitefriars Tear wine glasses designed by Harry Powell, clear flint glass applied with four sea-green tears, comprising six large and six small wine glasses unsigned, 19.5cm and 16cm high (12).

Literature

Lesley Jackson Whitefriars Glass The Art of James Powell & Sons, Richard Dennis Publications, page 106 plate 38 for two comparable glasses illustrated.

James Powell & Sons Whitefriars Glass 1860-1960 The John Scott Collection, The Fine Art Society, 2014, page 34 catalogue number 48 for a comparable glass illustrated. This glass design was exhibited at the Arts and Crafts Exhibition, London 1898. Originally these glasses had six sea-green tears which was reduced to four in 1901.