Decanter
Designer
Harry Powell(British, 1853–1922)British, 1853–1922
Manufacturer
James Powell & Sons(British, 1834–1980)British, 1834–1980
CultureEnglish
Titles
- Decanter
Date1912
PlaceLondon, England
MediumGlass and sterling silver
Dimensions10 5/8 × 6 × 1 3/4 in. (27 × 15.2 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by friends of Katherine S. Howe in honor of her retirement from the MFAH
Object number2017.117.A,.B
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignObject Type
Published References Carruthers, Annette, ed. Simplicity or Splendour: Arts and Crafts Living, Objects from the Cheltenham Collections. London: Lund Humphries Pub Ltd., 2000. Coatts, Margot. “Glass of its Own,” Crafts, 138 (Jan-Feb 1996), pp.30-3. Jackson, Lesley. “Manchester City Art Galleries Acquires Major Collection of Whitefriars Glass,” Journal of Glass Studies, Vol. 4 (1998), pp. 189-194, Fig. 4. Rose, Peter. “’The Honour of Old England’: The English Contribution to the Turin International Exhibition of Modern Decorative Arts 1902,” The Journal of the Decorative Arts Society 1850- the Present, No. 20 (1996), pp. 43-54, fig. 17. Rudoe, Judy. Decorative Arts, 1850-1950: A Catalogue of the British Museum Collection. London: British Museum Press, 1991. Shrigley, Ruth, ed. Inspired by Design: The Arts and Crafts Collection of Manchester Metropolitan University. Manchester: Manchester City Art Galleries, 1994, pl. 12. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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The silver is hallmarked for James Powell, London, 1912: [JP&S] [lion rampant] [leopard head] [r]
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