Decorative arts — 1904-c.1930
Bottle, decanter
Bottle or decanter made in Flint (colourless) glass, with slender neck and spherical body, with shallow cutting, in design of four stylised flower heads enclosed within intersecting bands of diamond cutting. Applied wavy trail (rigoree) at neck, below stopper. Designed by Harry Powell. Based on a Roman bottle in the Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, pat. no. O1502. Arch. H, L and M. Illustrated in W. Evans, C. Ross and A. Werner, Whitefriars Glass. James Powell & Sons of London, London 1995, pl. 91 on p. 88. Cf. Lesley Jackson (ed.), Whitefriars Glass. The Art of James Powell & Sons, exhibition catalogue, Shepton Beauchamp 1996, pl. 32.
- Category:
- Decorative arts
- Object ID:
- 80.547/389a
- Object name:
- bottle, decanter
- Artist/Maker:
- James Powell and Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd, Powell, Harry
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- Production date:
- 1904-c.1930
- Material:
glass
- Measurements/duration:
- H 211 mm, DM (rim) 26 mm, DM (base) 60 mm, DM (widest) 115 mm (overall)
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- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 40%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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