The Studio yearbook of decorative art (1909)

POWELL, Harry, Whitefriars
Glass Works, London.
Mr. Harry Powell is head of Messrs.
James Powell & Sons, whose glass
is famous all over the world. White-
friars glass enjoys a reputation,
both as regards its artistic merits
and its technical qualities, which
places it at the head of all other
glassware produced either in Eng-
land or on the Continent. The
goblet, with an air-twist in the
stem, illustrated on page 114, has
been executed by Mr. T. Smith, and
the fish and bubbles engraved by
Mr. T. Hillebauer. Several examples
of Whitefriars glass appeared in
The Studio Year Books for 1906
and 1907, while other examples
are reproduced on page 118 of this
volume.


CERAMIC FIGURES DESIGNED AND EXECUTED BY MICHAEL
POWOLNY FOR THE WIENER KERAMIK-WERKSTATTE

POWOLNY, Michael,Land-
strasse 18, Vienna, III.
Herr Powolny studied at the Im-
perial School of Arts and Crafts in
Vienna, and has, from the first,
devoted himself to ceramics. On
completing his studies he became
assistant to Prof. Messner, and, at
the same time, opened the Wiener
Keramik-Werkstatte in company
with Prof. Berthold Loffler. This
organisation now enjoys a wide
reputation. The beauty of Herr
Powolny’s designs and the ex-
cellence of his workmanship have
deservedly won him fame, and his
works have been shown in the chief
exhibitions held in Germany and
Austria. He has also executed de-
signs by other artists, including
Herren Dietl and Meyer, and Prof.
Loffler. He is connected with the
Wiener Werkstatte and exhibits at
the “ Kunstschau.” His work was
illustrated in the Special Summer
Number of The Studio, 1906, de-
voted to the Art Revival in Aus-
tria, and the last issue of The Studio
Year Book.

CERAMIC GROUP DESIGNED AND EXECUTED BY MICHAEL
POWOLNY FOR THE WIENER KERAMIK-WERKSTATTE