James Powell & Sons | People | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Whitefriars Glassworks (1680-1980) was the longest running English glassworks, producing hand blown wares almost exclusively. James Powell, a successful English wine merchant, purchased the glassworks in 1834. Powell's grandson, Harry, took over the glassworks in 1875 and began to archive its products and photographs of its products. Moved to Wealdstone, Middlesex in 1923. In the 1950s and 1960s designers included William Wilson, Geoffrey Baxter, and Harry Dyer. Due to financial difficulties, the glassworks closed in 1980.

We have 9 objects that James Powell & Sons has been involved with.

Yellow-green glass vase in the form of a flared jack-in-the-pulpit plant. The vase is shaped like a champagne flute, flaring into a wide brim at the top. The brim is roughly oval-shaped, pointed at back and front, pulled up at the back and flowing down at the front. The brim is bright yellow-green, fading to transparent green in the body and stem of the vase.

James Powell & Sons has collaborated with
Harry Powell and
William Arthur Smith Benson and
W.A.S. Benson Ltd. and
James Crofts Powell.

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