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drinking glass; claret glass

Accession number: 80.547/241
Producer: James Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd
Production date: 1933-1939
Material: glass
Measurements: H 119 mm; L 76 mm D 76 mm [CCity]
Museum Section: Decorative Art
Summary: Claret glass made in Golden Amber glass. Flared upper bowl on a hollow conical foot. Pattern no. M 53, designed by James Hogan in 1934. By 1940 made in Flint (colourless) only, cf. W. Evans, C. Ross and A. Werner, Whitefriars Glass. James Powell & Sons of London, London 1995, pl. 536 on p. 311. For a cocktail glass made in Sea Green and a sherry glass made in Sky Blue from the same service cf. 80.547/239 and 240 respectively.
Location: Object stored at Mortimer Wheeler House (Ceramics and Glass store)

Mortimer Wheeler House, 46 Eagle Wharf Road, London N1 7ED Tel: +44 (0)20 7490 8447 E-mail: ceramics@museumoflondon.org.uk

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