Topic: 9000 series Whitefriars Lager set................

[Patrick]

Hi,
 I have posted images of this very rare find on http://www.whitefriars.com/bb_orig/viewtopic.php?t=1696
The glasses and jug designed by Barnaby Powell with the mitre cut figures designed by my Father Edmond Hogan circa 1934. ( When the Belisha beacon was invented )
This complete set was found by Ray Annenberg in a shelf of junk china at a local auction house. Ray very kindly parted with them to me.
 Regards Patrick.

[Anne]

Oh wow! Congrats on such a super find Patrick and thanks for showing us.   :clap:

[ckscot]

What a treat!  Thanks so much.

[Sue C]

They are wonderful!! thank you.

[aa]

Ray has a wonderfully keen eye! Well done Ray and Patrick.

[Cathy B]

Wonderful, and brilliant to keep it in the family Patrick! I love the figures are formed with such simple cuts.

[Anne]

Whilst thumbing through my copy of British Glass Between the Wars (editied by Roger Dodsworth, published by Dudley Leisure Services for Broadfield House Glass Museum, 1987, ISBN 0 900911 22 0) I spotted a sherry glass with the same style of decoration (page 93 if anyone wants to check the book) which is shown as being designed by Ernest Procter for Stuart & Son, Stourbridge, c.1934.

Just flagging it up in case anyone comes across one which isn't a Whitefriars item and needs to know who else was doing these designs.

[Patrick]

Hi Anne,
Some years ago there was a shop on Kensington Church street that had a water set with the similar cut figures on it. It was unsold for a few months and then someone bought the set and stuck it in a big London auction house glass sale. I think it doubled it's price, perhaps Nigel can tell us the whole story as he must have passed the shop everyday.
 Regards,
               Patrick.
Ps. I think it was Stuart.