My first love of decanters was for the Georgian ones, just for the sense of history, but I was also collecting pre-war Whitefriars vases, because of this I then started to appreciate the pre-war decanters. The UK art deco glass was not like the continental stuff, it was more subtle and soft, with gentler colours, and Whitefriars pre-war decanters are in with the best. At least to my eye they are.
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This is a clear "Poppy Head" claret decanter with a wrythen dimpled teardrop shaped body, a milled ring around the neck and a blown eliptical wrythen stopper with rigaree edges. Designed by Harry Powell in the 1880s. What interesting about this design is the interchangeable parts with othe decanters/bottles. There are smaller versions of this bottle with and without a pouring lip, and there similar rounder decanters with the same stopper. Reference: Whitefriars Glass, The Art of James Powell & Sons, Lesley Jackson, Page 102 Reference: Whitefriars Glass, James Powell & Sons of London, Wendy Evans, Page 260 Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 296 Height: 13 inches Width: 5.5 inches |
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This is a clear 1427 pattern decanter with a milled ring around the neck and pressed leaf stopper. Designed by T. G. Jackson in the 1870s. This design is a classic of the Aesthetic movement. It's difficult to know what to say about it as it is so minimalist. It's very cool though. Reference: Whitefriars Glass, The Art of James Powell & Sons, Lesley Jackson, Page 98 Reference: Whitefriars Glass, James Powell & Sons of London, Wendy Evans, Page 260 Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 296 Reference: Nineteenth Century British Glass, Hugh Wakefield, page 129 Height: 13 inches Width: 5.5 inches |
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This is a rib molded conical "Sea Green" Whitefriars 900 pattern decanter with a blown stopper. Designed by Barnaby Powell in the 1880s. Thinly blown and uncut this design is in the vanguard of the movement away from heavily cut glass of the early Victorian era. This design was made up to at least 1940. So it was made for over 50 years. This is why some people are umming and arring over putting dates of things. Reference: Whitefriars Glass, The Art of James Powell & Sons, Lesley Jackson, Page 129 Reference: Whitefriars Glass, James Powell & Sons of London, Wendy Evans, Page 310 & 314 Reference: The Decanter, Andy McConnell, page 506 Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 297 Height: 13 inches Width: 5.5 inches |
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This is a rib molded conical "Gold Amber" Whitefriars 900 pattern decanter with a blown stopper. Designed by Barnaby Powell in the 1880s. Unless I get lucky my budget on these decanters only runs to the common colours such as golden amber or sea green. Reference: Whitefriars Glass, The Art of James Powell & Sons, Lesley Jackson, Page 129 Reference: Whitefriars Glass, James Powell & Sons of London, Wendy Evans, Page 310 & 314 Reference: The Decanter, Andy McConnell, page 506 Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 297 Height: 13 inches Width: 5.5 inches |
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This is a rib molded conical "Flint" Whitefriars 900 pattern decanter with a blown stopper. Designed by Barnaby Powell in the 1880s. Strangely "Flint" seems a bit less common than the above colours for this decanter.I have to say that in "Flint" it is a bit more boring and something about the quality of it in the other colours is lacking. It probably explains why I was able to get this one so cheaply as it was probably missed by the other buyers that might be on the hunt for a good bit of Whitefriars glass. Reference: Whitefriars Glass, The Art of James Powell & Sons, Lesley Jackson, Page 129 Reference: Whitefriars Glass, James Powell & Sons of London, Wendy Evans, Page 310 & 314 Reference: The Decanter, Andy McConnell, page 506 Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 297 Height: 13 inches Width: 5.5 inches |
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This is a dark green conical decanter with four dents to the body and an applied neck ring. The silver stopper is hallmarked for London 1907 and makers mark is "JP&Ss", standing for James Powell and Sons. The Lesley Jackson book dates the design of this bottle to the 1880s and the example shown does not have a stopper. With the hallmark really giving a spot on date of manufacture, it shows that this design was made for at least 20 years if not longer. Whitefriars bottles with silver stoppers are extremely rare, although mine is at the bottom end of the scale for such things. Reference: Whitefriars Glass, The Art of James Powell & Sons, Lesley Jackson, Page 102 Height: 7 inches Width: 3 inches |
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