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drinking glass; sherry glass

Accession number: 80.547/207
Producer: James Powell and Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd
Production date: 1953-1959
Material: glass; soda glass
Measurements: H 78 mm; DM (rim) 53 mm; DM (base) 53 mm
Museum Section: Decorative Art
Summary: Sherry glass made in Twilight (smoky brown) glass. Indented bowl on a short stem and plain foot. Pattern no. 9383, designed by William J. Wilson in c. 1953. For two other glasses from the same service in Sea Green glass see nos. 80.547/218 and 219. It was also made in Flint (colourless) and Golden Amber glass.
Location: Object stored at Mortimer Wheeler House (Ceramics and Glass store)