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Title: Powell glasses .. ?
Post by: claretjugcollector on October 30, 2010, 10:42:32 AM

hi all !

found these on ebay - could they be made by James Powell ?

http://cgi.ebay.de/A-Six-Set-of-Engraved-Wineglasses-circa-1900-/270655768235?pt=Glas_Kristall&hash=item3f045746ab :huh:

Title: Re: Powell glasses .. ?
Post by: Patrick on October 31, 2010, 11:56:49 AM

Hi,
 Very beautiful glasses but not Powell ( Whitefriars ) in my opinion............ The colour and the mention of a 'Sharp pontil' do not point to them being from this source.
 I am sure John or Nigel may have similar feelings........

Regards,
             Patrick, :)

Title: Re: Powell glasses .. ?
Post by: claretjugcollector on October 31, 2010, 12:25:09 PM

thx Patrick !
but english at least ? hm i would love them if they would be a greener green   :sm:

Title: Re: Powell glasses .. ?
Post by: nigel benson on November 03, 2010, 12:46:12 AM

Hi,

Certainly not Powell IMHO. Why English??

Nigel

Title: Re: Powell glasses .. ?
Post by: johnphilip on November 03, 2010, 09:59:30 AM

Possibly Salviati blanks engraved elswhere as often happened,i believe i may have read this somewhere over the years .
 i have what i am sure is a Salviati glass enamelled by Moser . Powell used similar desings in his Venetian inspired glasses . :sleep:

Title: Re: Powell glasses .. ?
Post by: claretjugcollector on November 03, 2010, 10:59:10 AM

was quite sure that the are english  :-\


http://www.the-saleroom.com/priceguide/Item.aspx?itemId=7698262

http://www.the-saleroom.com/priceguide/Item.aspx?itemId=7935022

anyway will let them go - lets wait for the glass fair  :rah:

Title: Re: Powell glasses .. ?
Post by: nigel benson on November 03, 2010, 01:28:13 PM

Hi,

The vase that you reference in the first link was perfectly correct, in fact I bought it ;) However, it was something like 30 cms high (from memory). Sorry, but you cannot just tranfer the pattern from a vase to a drinking glass and then assume that the same company made a version in that pattern - it just doesn't work that way  :o 

The other link that you give shows a good Powell amethyst bowl accompanied by two continental drinking glasses. The rule here is, just like eBay, auctions are not necessarily accurate with their attributions!

Nigel

Title: Re: Powell glasses .. ?
Post by: claretjugcollector on November 03, 2010, 01:30:11 PM

i see  :tof:

Title: Re: Powell glasses .. ?
Post by: johnphilip on November 03, 2010, 04:10:10 PM

Thomas why not bring one to Birmingham ? you cant beat seeing glass in the flesh, we may all be wrong .
Whatever they are i think they are stunning .

Title: Re: Powell glasses .. ?
Post by: claretjugcollector on November 03, 2010, 04:22:39 PM

hmm ! the problem is that i haven´t bought them yet - i just intended to buy them in case they are english ...actualy i can´t get them out of my mind ... :ac1:

Title: Re: Powell glasses .. ?
Post by: claretjugcollector on November 03, 2010, 04:32:35 PM

Quote from: johnphillip on November 03, 2010, 09:59:30 AM

Possibly Salviati blanks engraved elswhere as often happened,i believe i may have read this somewhere over the years .
 i have what i am sure is a Salviati glass enamelled by Moser . Powell used similar desings in his Venetian inspired glasses . :sleep:

did Powell any glass with that kind of engraving or not ? i just had a look at quite a few salviati glasses - but these from ebay don´t look like italian - they don´t have that certain italian touch ... !?!?!?

the ebay seller describes them as brown green glass .. and that is my problem .. :huh: