TWO GILT-COPPER 'HARNESSED' GLASS VASES
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TWO GILT-COPPER 'HARNESSED' GLASS VASES

DESIGNED BY W.A.S. BENSON AND THE GLASS PRODUCED BY HARRY POWELLCIRCA 1900

Fermé30 September 2021

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GBP 23,750

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TWO GILT-COPPER 'HARNESSED' GLASS VASES
DESIGNED BY W.A.S. BENSON AND THE GLASS PRODUCED BY HARRY POWELLCIRCA 1900
Each amphora-shaped glass body held within a tripod frame, variations to the ruby-coloured glass
11 in. (28 cm.) high

Acquired from Brighton Antiques Fair, 30 June 1987.

Note du spécialiste

"Some handsome vases of delicate Powell glass, mounted in light bronze stands, by the Benson company, are a new departure in English art work, exhibited here, we believe, for the first time" (W.H. Gilbert, The Art Magazine, 1902, p.108).