Fine Arts and Crafts - 22nd June 2016
Lot 11
A set of James Powell & Sons Whitefriars Tear wine glasses designed by Harry Powell
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1600
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Description
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.