On a separate note - has anyone here ever heard of Annette Meech? My husband (at the same time as he bought this lovely pink AA piece) also bought a goblet that initially he thought might be Mdina but on close inspection it has a signature underneath which says Annette Meech 1973. I managed to locate her current glassworks in Sivigny in France and it turns out the goblet was one of the first items she made on graduation from the Royal College of Art and she told me the value was around £75 - she made very few of them. Aren't I lucky to have a husband with such a superb eye for glass and a real nose for a bargain... I'll post the link in a sec - can't find the picture ....
Just found this on the Internet...
"It was in 1971, when I was a glass student at the Royal College of Art that I first started to work the odd weekend at The Glasshouse.
When I graduated a year later I was fortunate to have the opportunity to continue working with glass at The Glasshouse. There were no other studios like this set up in the country, The Glasshouse provided a simple workshop at a time when the studio glass movement was in its infancy and our skills as glassmakers were very basic.
It was not until we took the decision to move from Neal Street to Long Acre in 1975 that The Glasshouse needed to function not only as a creative studio, but also as a serious business. We tried to put everything in place to encourage this. The studio was well equipped and efficient and we produced whatever we wished. (remuneration was based on sales!).
Creating one off pieces and developing functional objects for production both held equal importance. During my 26 years at The Glasshouse in London I was able to do this. I enjoyed the challenges of making the glass, running the business and working with the people who helped achieve its success.
In 1999 Christopher Williams and I set up ë Glasshouse de Sivignoní in France, aided by Peter Durkin, our last assistant in London. Although on a smaller scale, the spirit of The Glasshouse lives on. We have a well-equipped country workshop with one of David Taylorís furnaces. We continue to take on assistants from local colleges, some of whom will, hopefully, become the next generation of French glassmakers."
Annette & christopher, retired in 2017 and closed their studio , and the website hs been closed down. As far as I know she was a odern day femail pioneer in glas making, following in the footsteps of Mrs Elizabeth Graydon-Stannus between 1922 and 1936. It is usually clearly marked "Gray Stann".
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