DOI Heft:
No. 82 (January, 1900)
DOI Artikel:British decorative art in 1899, and the Arts And Crafts Exhibition, [4]
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19783#0275
Arts and Crafts
WROUGHT IRON ELECTRIC LAMP DESIGNED HY
Hi POWELL
(Messrs. Powell &° Sons, Manufacturers)
■inasmuch as the hard glitter of crystal which it is
the aim of the average glass-maker to impart to
his work is happily absent. A serviceable set,
■consisting of a'decanter with four drinking-glasses,
is made of soda-glass in simple yet picturesque
form. The stopper of the decanter is silver-
mounted. The metal in this case, as also in that
of the inkstand and salt-cellar, enhances the
aesthetic appearance of the whole, since it is not
highly burnished, and since it bears the traces of
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the hammer not mechanically smoothed away.
Three glasses engraved respectively with London
pride, speedwell, and columbine flowers, are
extremely delicate workmanship. The two first-
named are ornamented below the engraved parts
with rosette projections, technically known as
" prunts." For the rest, when we come to sum up
our impressions of this beautiful and varied glass,
what we feel most of all is that Messrs. Powell and
Sons often achieve an inimitable excellence both of
fitness and of delicacy in design, thanks to which
England leads the way in this department of
decorative art. Yet there are persons who cavil
idly because these artist-manufacturers do not
put " all their eggs in one basket," finding it
necessary to give some of their thoughts to that
LAMP DESIGNED BY H. POWELL
(Messrs. Powell & Sons, ManufacturersJ
WROUGHT IRON ELECTRIC LAMP DESIGNED HY
Hi POWELL
(Messrs. Powell &° Sons, Manufacturers)
■inasmuch as the hard glitter of crystal which it is
the aim of the average glass-maker to impart to
his work is happily absent. A serviceable set,
■consisting of a'decanter with four drinking-glasses,
is made of soda-glass in simple yet picturesque
form. The stopper of the decanter is silver-
mounted. The metal in this case, as also in that
of the inkstand and salt-cellar, enhances the
aesthetic appearance of the whole, since it is not
highly burnished, and since it bears the traces of
248
the hammer not mechanically smoothed away.
Three glasses engraved respectively with London
pride, speedwell, and columbine flowers, are
extremely delicate workmanship. The two first-
named are ornamented below the engraved parts
with rosette projections, technically known as
" prunts." For the rest, when we come to sum up
our impressions of this beautiful and varied glass,
what we feel most of all is that Messrs. Powell and
Sons often achieve an inimitable excellence both of
fitness and of delicacy in design, thanks to which
England leads the way in this department of
decorative art. Yet there are persons who cavil
idly because these artist-manufacturers do not
put " all their eggs in one basket," finding it
necessary to give some of their thoughts to that
LAMP DESIGNED BY H. POWELL
(Messrs. Powell & Sons, ManufacturersJ