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.
www.whitefriars.com

Saturday 18 April 2009

My WF Video Film Clip Trip PRESS HERE .

These are some of my video clips of my collection, take a look and enjoy, you will find the associated pattern No with the photo's ie bottle neck vase 9818 and so on, click on the Title to start the youtube video, and you will find others there too.

I hope you enjoy the Whitefriars trip clips, i intend to do some more in the near future should they become popular and the only way i will know, is for you to leave your comment on the clip you have watched, rude or crass comments will be removed and the person whom left them banned from the blog & from my youtube viewing.

I would like to thank you all for visting my blog in advance please visit again and tell all your friends.

Friday 17 April 2009

Whitefriars Mallet Vase 9818



These are often called the mallet vase or the bottle neck vase, Designed by Geoffrey Baxter for Whitefriars Glassworks, Pattern No 9818 size 7" high the base flat and polished.
From left to right the colours are, Lilac/Sage/Kingfisher Blue/Tangerine/Ruby/Aubergine, there is also a colour in ( Flint) of which i have yet to obtain, should you know of this colour please contact me by clicking on any of the email me icons. Thank you and enjoy my blog do not forget to take the film clip trip. Email me!

Wednesday 8 April 2009

TRICORN 9570 VASE'S




Tricorn vase pattern No 9570 designed by Geoffrey Baxter for Whitefriars Glassworks in production from 1969-80 when the company closed it's gates, the heights of the hand made crystal vases vary from 8" inches to 9"inches some are cased some are FLC this will be pointed out on the blog on the single photo's of the vases, all have a ground out polished pontil to the base

from left to right the colours are. Pewter/Aubergine/Best Blue/Sage/Green/Amber/Lilac/Gold/Ocean Green/Meadow green/Kingfisher Blue/Ruby.


I still need to collect some more these colours are Sky Blue/Aqua/Tangerine.