wine-glass
- Museum number
- 1991,0703.8
- Description
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Wine glass; clear glass; stemmed, with diagonal ribbing.
- Production date
- 1880-1920 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 12.80 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- See also 1991,0703.1-20
Text from J. Rudoe, 'Decorative Arts 1850-1950', revised ed. 1994, no. 413.
For information about James Powell & Sons and Whitefriars Glass see J. Rudoe 1991, 'Decorative Arts 1850-1950', Cat, 234-43 and 349.
J. Rudoe 1994, revised ed. of 'Decorative Arts 1850-1950', says that Cat. nos. 409-22 were acquired from Harry Powell's grand-daughter Dr Audrey Baker. They were his own table glasses, many of which he designed himself and have remained in the family since his death in 1922. In common with most Powell glass, none of these pieces is marked, and so the provenance is of particular significance.
This service appears in an undated archive photograph in an album of about 1880-1900 in the Museum of London Powell archive (Ref. 80.547/3249), giving the model number of thew wine glass as 918, selling at 14s 6d a dozen and the sherry glass as model number 916, selling at 12s 6d a dozen. The service remained in production into the 1930s and appears in illustrations to the article on Whitefriars glass in 'Commercial Art & Industry', 1932.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1991
- Acquisition notes
- Audrey Baker(b.1908) is the granddaughter of Harry Powell(1853-1922); she inherited the glass from her mother who inherited it from Harry Powell, who ran the firm from 1874 until his death.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1991,0703.8