Vintage Blown Glass Optic Bowl for Whitefriars by Marriot Powell

Description

This generously scaled bowl shimmers in a light amber toned glass. The horizontal 'ribbing' is quite thin on the inside … more This generously scaled bowl shimmers in a light amber toned glass. The horizontal 'ribbing' is quite thin on the inside of the bowl but appears more significant when viewed from the exterior. Skillfully made of blown glass by Whitefriars Glass, England's oldest glass producer. The design is by Marriott Powell in the early 1960s. The company ceased operation in 1980 and it's trademark was sold to Caithness which still uses the Whitefriars trademark. The work is unsigned like almost all Whitefriars pieces. The brutalist 'Studio Rang' produced for a few years in the early 1960s is the only work to bear their mark. . less