HARRY POWELL (1853-1922) FOR JAMES POWELL & SONS, WHITEFRIARS COBWEB AND DEWDROP GOBLET, 1901

etched glass, gilt inclusions, air-twist stem

23cm (9in) high

Exhibited:

St Louis World's Fair, 1904 (design exhibited).

Literature:

Jackson, L. (ed.), Whitefriars Glass: The Art of James Powell & Sons, Ilminster, 1996, p. 105 pl. 35 I, (similar example illustrated).

Note:

The technique of embedding gold and platinum foil in molten glass was first developed by Powell in 1879.