goblet
- Museum number
- 1995,0721.1
- Description
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Goblet, free blown in pale turquoise blue glass, the bowl engraved with lotus petals, the foot also engraved.
- Production date
- 1912-1913
- Dimensions
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Height: 207 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Designed by Harry J. Powell (1853-1922) in 1912 and made by J. Powell & Sons, Whitefriars Glass, London, c.1912-13. The design is based on an Egyptian alabaster vessel in the Ashmolean Museum, and is one of a series of glass goblets inspired by Egyptian lotus cups. A goblet of thsi design was displayed at the Arts & Crafts Exhibition in Ghent in 1913.
See Judy Rudoe, '"Glasses with Histories": Historic Revivals by Harry and James Crofts Powell' in 'Whitefriars Glass. The Art of James Powell & Sons', exhibition catalogue, Manchester City Art Galleries and Museum of London, Woodbridge 1996, pp 36-53, fig. 97.
For another version of this goblet, in pale green glass, see Sotheby's, 'Thomas Goode: Preparing for the next 200 Years', 22 December 2020 - 8 January 2021, lot 34.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1995
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1995,0721.1
