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Whitley, William Thomas: The Arts and Crafts Society's exhibition at the Grosvenor Gallery, [2]
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.43452#0036
The Arts and Crafts Society's Exhibition
COFFEE-SET IN BRONZE GILT. DESIGNED BY EDWARD SPENCER ; MADE BY F. JOBE AND J. EAST OF THE
ARTIFICERS’ GUILD
lustre and a charming yellow pot-pourri vase were
conspicuous.
With the pottery was grouped a large case of
articles in blown glass from the workshops of
Messrs. James Powell and Sons, some of which
were of an elaborate and costly description. Of
this nature were two champagne glasses of great
distinction. One of them, Stella Navis, was of sea-
green glass, engraved by Mr. Hogan with a grace-
ful design of a mermaid supporting a ship; and
the other of soda-lime glass, was ornamented with
a decoration scratched with diamond and steel
points in the manner adopted by Verzellini in the
sixteenth century at the glass works in Crutched
Friars. However, champagne glasses that cost
respectively five guineas and seven and a half
WROUGHT-SILVER TEA SERVICE
DESIGNED AND EXECUTED BY WALTER STOYE
24
COFFEE-SET IN BRONZE GILT. DESIGNED BY EDWARD SPENCER ; MADE BY F. JOBE AND J. EAST OF THE
ARTIFICERS’ GUILD
lustre and a charming yellow pot-pourri vase were
conspicuous.
With the pottery was grouped a large case of
articles in blown glass from the workshops of
Messrs. James Powell and Sons, some of which
were of an elaborate and costly description. Of
this nature were two champagne glasses of great
distinction. One of them, Stella Navis, was of sea-
green glass, engraved by Mr. Hogan with a grace-
ful design of a mermaid supporting a ship; and
the other of soda-lime glass, was ornamented with
a decoration scratched with diamond and steel
points in the manner adopted by Verzellini in the
sixteenth century at the glass works in Crutched
Friars. However, champagne glasses that cost
respectively five guineas and seven and a half
WROUGHT-SILVER TEA SERVICE
DESIGNED AND EXECUTED BY WALTER STOYE
24