A COLLECTION OF JAMES POWELL & SONS WHITEFRIARS GLASS GOBLETS
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A COLLECTION OF JAMES POWELL & SONS WHITEFRIARS GLASS GOBLETS

EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed30 September 2021

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GBP 5,000

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A COLLECTION OF JAMES POWELL & SONS WHITEFRIARS GLASS GOBLETS
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Designed by Harry Powell in Venetian-style, comprising: six with gold leaf foil inclusions to the knopped stem above a spreading circular base, a pair of liqueur glasses with gold leaf foil faceted stems, two large goblets, the 'Beauvais' example with Roman-inspired chain decoration and spreading foot, the other with trailed decoration and hollow foot, and one goblet with conical bowl and gold leaf inclusions to the twisted stem
Goblet with conical bowl: 9 in. (23.5 cm.) high

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For similar exhibited examples of 'Beauvais' goblets and further examples with gold inclusions in the knops see L. Jackson, Whitefriars Glass The Art of James Powell & Sons, Shepton Beauchamp, 1996, pp. 111-113.