Topic: Castle Crystal Catalogue - Wine Services and Dressing Table Sets

[Jayne]

A recent Ebay auction sold an interesting catalogue which unfortunately I did not win, but I would like to record the details here for everyone's future reference.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Castle-Crystal-Catalogue-No-4-Wine-Services-Dressing-Table-Sets-/391056729294?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEDWX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=rqPJ%252FwZfejxu%252FIWCrHFsE9%252BtQqg%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

First Photo
Front Page - Castle Crystal Wine Services & Dressing Table Sets Catalogue No 4.

Second Photo
Close up of Gold Label on front page showing "Castle Crystal REGD Made in ?" with a castle.

Third Photo
Shows drawings of Dressing Table Set 1160
16 Pieces including 1 ring holder, 1 open pot, 2 candlesticks (1 short 1 tall) 7 lidded pots (3 with finials 4 with none), 1 stoppered cologne, 1 atomiser and 3 trays.

Fourth Photo
Castle Crystal (REGD TRADE MARK)
The Cut Glass Deluxe
Sole Concessionaires for Great Britain and the Colonies
Wright & Pouncy
(Proprietors : The Denholm Manufacturing Co. Ltd)
Head Offices 33-40 New Garden Street, Hull.
Telegrams : Castle Hull - Telephone : Central ??70
Showrooms:
London : Southampton House, 317 High Holborn, W.C.1.
Telephone : Holborn 1602
South Africa : J.W. Hutty Greenacre's Buildings, Off West Street, Durban.

Fifth Photo
Wine Service 1525 showing drawings of 27 pieces including 2 jugs and 5 decanters.

Does anyone recognise any of the pieces? Also if someone could describe the shapes and patterns (not my forte) it would be great!

[Simba]

Jayne I won that auction and I would be only too pleased to share the info in it. If Anne would like I will scan the pages of trinket sets she can put them on her webpages....

[Anne]

Oooh yes please Angela, that would be fabulous! Thank you!

[Simba]

Do you want me to post the scans here or send direct to you Anne ?

[Simba]

All done Anne !

[Anne]

Thanks Angela, much appreciated. Receieved safely and replied to you via email. 

[Frank]

Wright & Pouncy were an importer and Denholm Manu. were wound up in 1932(ish) W&P show as a London based importer in 1931 PG and my guess is that they only operated in the 20s.
The gold label on the cover appears to have made in ??ssia at the bottom. Silesia perhaps. Which was in German, Polish and Czech area. Perhaps Josephinenhutte, Fritz Heckert and one other(?). who merged as Jo-He-Ky in 1923 so might have been looking for fresh agents. Many of their catalogues are shown here http://www.glas-musterbuch.de/Josephinenhuette.43.0.html maybe you can make a match.

[Anne]

Frank thank you, I was hoping you'd see this topic and comment. I've been digging and found some bits which are on Simba's other topic re the wine sets in British and Irish Glass here: http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,59518.0.html but for ease of reference I'll add what I found here too...

I've just found entries for the company in the PO Directories for Glasgow dated between 1926-28:
West George street. 37 . Wright & Pouncy The Denholm Manufacturing Co., Ltd who are listed as clock manufacturers and importers

and an undated entry also in the PO Directory for Glasgow:
The Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory
The Denholm Manufacturing Co., Ltd., clock manufacturers and importers, Morrison court, 108
Argyle St., C.2

And a wee bit more... The Denholm Manufacturing Company Ltd went into voluntary liquidation in 1932 and was finally wound up in 1933 [Source: London Gazette, 8th April 1932 and 24 March 1933] so that gives us an end date for them!

Or maybe not..   ... as a search of the National Archives gives the following result:
Reference:   BT 31/32646/200510
Description: No. of Company: 200510; Denholm Manufacturing Company Limited. Incorporated in 1924. Dissolved in 1948.

So they appeared to have been a short-lived company... unless someone knows better!