Glass from England

 

Davidson Cloud glass dish. If you're interested in pressed glass from the north of England, you should visit the Bennet&Bell page.

 

Bristol Stirrup cup, around 1800.

A stirrup cup is a glass without a foot; it is unputdownable, a "one for the road"

 

Whitefriars vase

 

Vase in Ruby red with Whitefriar's label, made in the sixties.

 

Bristol novelty hat, pink glass cased in white dates from the early 19th century.

 

Finger bowl, optically blown with aventurine rim and clear lion prunts, English glass in the Venetian style, 1880-ies. Several manufacturers made Venetian style table glass, including Whitefriar's and Sowerby.

 

   

 

Bagley's Polkadot Jetique was in production from the thirties to the fifties.

 

Vase from the "Knobbly" range, designed by William Wilson and Harry Dyer for Whitefriar's, 1963

 

 

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