Whitefriars Designer Names Though The Years.

These are some of the designers names whom worked at Whitefriars Glassworks though the years. these will be mentioned though out this blog,( in abbreviations ) the examples are below.

Geoffrey Baxter. ( GB)
William Wilson. ( WW)
Barnaby Powel ( BP )
Harry Dyer. ( HD)
Harry Powel. ( HP)
Marriott Powel. ( MP)
William Butler ( WB)
Tom Hill ( TH )
James Hogan (JH )
Albert Tubby (AT )
Bernard Fitch (BF )
Peter Wheeler (PW)

PLEASE NOTE YOU CAN CLICK ON THE HEAD TITLES WHICH LINKS YOU TO THE RENOWNED GLASS SITE.
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Thursday 26 February 2009

Pontil Marks




 
Pontil: an attribute of blown glass. When blown glass pieces are made, they are attached to a rod held by the glassmaker called a "pontil rod". The pontil rod is usually four or five feet long, with a dab of molten glass on the end; this sticks to the bottom of a hot glass piece as it is formed, allowing the glassmaker to manipulate the glass. When the finished glass is snapped off the pontil rod, this leaves a rough spot, usually on the base of the glass, called a pontil (or a punty or pontil mark). A rough pontil is the term used for the unfinished spot before it is polished shown above A rough pontil also may be called an open pontil. A smooth pontil is the term applied to the rough area after it is ground, leaving a circular depression (above, top left photo). A smooth pontil is sometimes referred to as a ground pontil. Smooth pontils also may be polished: this means that a rough pontil was ground and the pontil area then highly polished to neaten the original pontil mark . Smooth, polished pontils are often found on expensive glassware. The presence of a pontil of a particular kind sometimes helps establish the age or authenticity of an antique glass piece.




Top photo you will see the finish pontils on a tangerine bark effect 9689/Lilac lobed 9775/Aqua Knobbly 9856. Below that are Ruby swan/ Mallet vase 9818/ Gold swan, all have a ripple effect but polished flat base.then below this are An Aqua 9571/Tangerine 9566/Lobed 9727 all with smooth polished pontils. The last photo are finshed pontils to a Ruby Finger vase 9729/ And a Meadow Coffin vase 9686, both are smooth and polished which as left the ripple effect to the base.



So as you can see not all Whitefriars Glass will have the ground out polished pontil, as some people tend to think if there is as a ground out polished pontil it is WhiteFriars Glass, not so as other companys followed this production method too.



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Monday 23 February 2009

Marvellous Meadow Green


Meadow green colour was launched around 1970 and stayed in production for 3yrs until 1973, theses are the piece's i have up to date and always on the look out for more.
From left to right the names and pattern No's are lobed 9727 / Coffin vase 9686 /Oval tapering 9657 / Tricorn 9570/ Knobbly 9608 / Oval hambone 9656/ Textured finger vase 9729. designed by various designers at Whitefriars Works, these can be found to the right on the individual part of the blog for these piece's note they are all cased in clear crystall glass.

Thursday 19 February 2009

Sage Section




This is the Sage Section of my whitefriars collection Sage was only produced in 1974, and there fore quite rare and collectable, in all patterns of which there a few here i show some of the patterns i have up to date from left to right i have, 9803 Ovoid random strapping vase/ 9571 teardrop cased vase/ 9845 knobbly vase/ 9843 knobbly vase/ 9818 mallet or bottle neck vase, these were designed by various designers whom worked for Whitefriars Glassworks, their names can be found below the indivdual piece to your right, more will be added from time to time so please keep looking in.

Wednesday 18 February 2009

Lovely Lilac's




The lovely Lilac's i have up to date this colour was only produced in 1974,  from left to right back, a 5 lobed 9775/ knobbly 9843/ tricorn 9570/ knobbly 9844/ mallet 9818./ front row hambone 9656/ and a 5 lobed 9727/. All cased in clear crystal glass, designed by GB & also WW between them which ones please read the single photo's to find out, more to be added in the future.

Monday 16 February 2009

Family of Arctic Blue Pieces




These are the various Arctic blue pieces i have in my collection to date, i am always on the look out for this colour in all sizes and shapes if you ever come by any please email me with regard to purchasing the piece, until then browse and enjoy my collection as i do daily. feel free to leave your comments about my collection or ask questions.



Saturday 14 February 2009

Bark Effect Fingers.



This is a full set of bark effect finger vases, Designed by Geoffrey Baxter for Whitefriars Glass, which closed there gates in 1980, WF Glass is very sort after, the bark effect being very desirable in all shapes and sizes, the pattern No 9729.
From left to right the colours are.
Tangerine/Ruby/Meadow Green/Flint/Pewter/Aubergine/kingfisher Blue. all are cased in clear crystal glass, size 5.1/4" base is flat and polished.
Click the title for a link to this pattern