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The piece is gold coloured, I have seen the Tangerine, this is not as brightly coloured. It has a Whitefriars sticker on the base, but I am not sure whether this belongs to this piece. The vase itself stands between 6" & 7" with a neck diameter of around 3/4" (the glass is quite chunky), the base of this is rounded. The base is quite unusual as it looks almost like a garlic clove. The
base has no "dimple" but I am aware of some pieces not having this. Can anyone help?
Paul
Liam Walls (liam@gannow.freeserve.co.uk)
Thanks, Liam.
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Peter Olive (peter@whitefriars.org)
Thanks, Peter
Paul Birch (pbirch63@hotmail.com)
Colin Knowles (ColinianS@aol.com)
pieces.
Kind regards Colin Knowles
Barbara Bowen (barbara.bowen@ntlworld.com)
with "pointy" bits of glass on the globe part (it looks like a pine cone) and also if they made a smooth hooped vase in a burnt orange colour.
Thanks Barbara.
Ian Jackson (ianjaf@lineone.net)
it as Whitefriars but cannot find any info on it. I enclose a pic - can you help? I love the site and
find it a great help for up to date prices.
Thanks Ian
Chris Ford
Hoping you can help.
Regards Chris Ford
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Anna Americano
purchased the vases because I fell in love with the shape. I was also told by the seller of the blue
vase that it may be Whitefriars glass but he wasn't sure. I have been trying to find any information
or a manufacturer but so far I have had no luck.
Anna Americano
David Lancaster
be helpful. thanks and apologies to Peter for discussing non GB glass!!
Andy Savidge (asavidge@mail.com)
It's approximately 15cm (6") high, and the same across the rim, the ground pontil is about 6cm (2")wide.
It's quite a pinky colour, much pinker than aubergine appears to be, and blends to blue close to the bottom of the vase. It is cased on the thickest part of the 'petals', but it is not evident at the base as it has been ground higher than the casing.
We can't find this, or anything similar in the Whitefriars book, but it's very reminiscent of whitefriars, in it's weight, and colour and casing.
Hope someone can help... any ideas?
Andy
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Graham Cooley
Regards
Graham
I hope that you don't mind me sending a picture of a piece that I recently found. It is a piece that I haven't come across before and it is in Kingfisher blue (I have checked the colour against pieces I own and it looks identical). It is heavily textured and has the look, feel and weight of a
Whitefriars piece. I'm still not 100% certain of this though. It measures 7" tall x 4.5" wide x 2.5" from front to back.
I thought it might be of interest to you, its got me intrigued anyway!
Keep up the great work,
Best regards Andy
Ms. Remi Spriggs (remi_spriggs@msn.com)
I understand that your site focuses on Baxter, however, I was wondering if you own or know of anyone who has pieces by Hogan?
I appreciate any information that you might provide.
Many thanks, Remi
David M Issitt (pulpit@culprit.freeserve.co.uk)
I am looking for an authority on Whitefriars Glass and was wondering if anyone could help trace the age of a piece. The piece in question is a circular ash-tray of about 6/7 inches with a Parker Pen in the centre. I have seen some Parker Pen gift sets with presumably Whitefriars glass in the style of a paperweight with the pen fitting but not a round ash-try style. Can you help in any way as to age of this piece? I hope to hear from you in due course.
David
Check out www.homestead.com/jipas/atouchofglass.html and
http://www.homestead.com/jipas/Glass_Articles1.html
Mike Cripps (mike.cripps@btinternet.com)
I must admit your website has re-generated my interest and enjoyment in the products from this factory where I spent the first 10 years of my working life. I have photographed some of my collection. This is one of my favorite designs it doesn't date.
Note ruby orchid vase - always with thinner foot to ease turning colour (ruby was amber when gathered
from the furnace, it was then cooled and re heated to make it turn red).
Boffo was an Italian glass maker who came from the Murano factory.
Could this be a Whitefriars vase? HEIGHT=145 mm. WIDTH=145 mm. THICKNESS= 50mm. I welcome any comments.
Regards Mike (Whitefriars Glassmaker)
M.R. Marcom (marcoms@txucom.net)
other companies making similar pieces, is there any definitive way to say one piece is
Whitefriars as opposed to another company?
Thanks,
Mike Marcom
Karl Osborne (karl.o@tinyworld.co.uk)
including 3 sun plaques,2 architectural slabs
and quite a large number of damaged pieces of the same colour and shape suggesting to
me they were perhaps previously owned by someone with a connection to the factory.
Also amongst them were 2 large door handles
(8.5in by 6in),flat slabs with 2 bolt holes
in the middle, one in an amber colour similar
to a arc' slab in one of your prices realised lists, the one with impressed roundles like a mobile
phone vase and the other is in clear glass with what looks like large nailhead impressions in it.
Have you seen Baxter door handles like this before.
23.03Kath Swinson (kath@swinsons.demon.co.uk)
sold on ebay and mum said it was a one-off in the sale. It is without doubt the most beautiful piece in my collection of over 40 mainly pre 1970's pieces I have been collecting since my grandad ( who
worked at the factory) gave me a ruby duck in about 1960. Thanks for a brilliant site. Kath
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Alex Bishop
The vase you describe was not an experimental piece but a production item from 1978, 1979 and early 1980. It is shown in the 1978 catalogue on page 33 pattern number 9882 of "The new STUDIO range". It appears in the 1980 catalogue on page 39 but with a different back drop.
I would agree that the vase is considered a rarity by the fact that only a short production run was made, but respectfully suggest that "experimental"
should not be used to describe what was clearly a production item. The seller of the last one on ebay was also under this false apprehension.
A great bit to have on your mantelpiece all the same !
Regards
Alex
23.01
Peter Olive
see four other examples of this (in other shapes) on page 143 of the soft-back whitefriars book (plate 170).
I have only seen one vase like this come up on ebay, and usually with one offs it is at whim whether they sell high or low. The hourglass
shaped one which came up, was last December, and it sold for 345 US Dollars (about 230 Pounds). That one was 7" high.
Regards
Peter Olive
Colin Grinham
experimental pieces that never went into production. It stands at 10 inches high. It's probably the nicest piece of Whitefriars glass that I have and would like to know if it has any value.
Great web site
Best regards
Colin Grinham
elainet@nbnet.nb.ca
Elizabeth II's coronation in 1953?
Michelle (michp@ajcope.co.uk)
Please could someone explain to me about the pontil??? Someone gave me a little green cased vase that looks very much like one I have seen on your site, it appears to have a ground out pontil but it also looks to have a 50p shape ground around that. Tis only a little vase but very nice anyway but it would be so cool if it was whitefriars....
Many Thanks...michelle
Peter Olive
Thanks Peter
Colinian
Many thanks
Colin
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Steve Thompson
I have come across many of these, and it looks to me like a bohemian example, the Powell ones, which I have a few are a lot finer and clearer in quality and have a ground pontil!
Steve thompson
Darren Manley
I hope you can help me, and I must say I really enjoy looking at your web page.
Thank you very much.
Regards Darren Manley.
John Drinkwater
I would like your help with a piece of mine. The piece in question (see pic) looks to me like an example of the colour Evening Star. Firstly it definitely contains the colours described in Jackson's book i.e. starting at the bottom pale blue, then pink, rising to clear. Polished pontil etc, It has got quite a thick flat, polished top edge about 9mm wide all round. It isn't pinched in at the bottom.
As I picked it up at a local general fair some time ago, I thought it was about time I got a second / third opinion on this as I don't wish to carry it around to fairs, and in any case with the exception of Birmingham, people at more general fairs haven't got the knowledge anyway.
Many thanks,
John Drinkwater
Jon PURCELL
narrow with a clear handle. The glasses are quite plain. The bottom of the jug has a sticker with the number M107. My wife thinks her parents bought them in Australia 45-50 years ago. I would appreciate any inf. on them and if they were a common product or not.
Glen (Mrs) & Steve Thistlewood
Would you know if the company ever made any iridised glass?
I research/write on Carnival Glass and I have a couple of pieces that remind me of Whitefriars (though I admit I know very little about White - which is why I am writing to you).
I hope you can answer me.
Best wishes
Glen
Please visit our web site at http://www.carnival-glass.net
Chris 'the Boot'
I WONDERED IF YOU COULD HELP. I BOUGHT THIS VASE TODAY CONVINCED IT WAS WHITEFRIARS. I HAVE LOOKED THROUGH YOUR SITE BUT HAVE FOUND NOTHING THAT HELPS ME IDENTIFY IT.
BEST WISHES CHRIS.
Neil Coates
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Alex Bishop
Regards
Alex
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Neil Coates
years of looking/collecting I have never seen another, I can't wait to find one of the other two
colours.
Neil
Anthony Wigg
If you look on page 342(MOL book) concerning the 1970 catalogue you will read (Aurora) as being one of 3 "new colours"..Aurora (tangerine streaked with brown)".
Jackson refers to the 1970 catalogue and 'Lichen' & 'Marine' adding 1974 as the only other production year to 1970. You may have noticed this already.
Jackson mentions Lichen and Marine as "streaky colourways" which is not saying the same thing as 'a colour' and on top of this she completely manages to overlook "Aurora". I can't find reference to it anywhere in her Biblical book...I smell a rat. Did Lesley ever see Aurora in the flesh one may ask? In consequence a question one may wish to consider concerning
Aurora, Lichen & Marine is; were/are they colours or colourways?
Before one answers this question, look over at page 343(streaky 1971) and you'll notice that instead of a single letter code to denote an available colour (as in 'a' for 'A'urora), a whole description is given. This description would, I imagine, be termed a "colourway" being a description of all the different colours used.
When I look at my own 9746 in Aurora, the description as "New Colour" would seem appropriate since the body colour is a darker version of Tangerine, a smooth kind of mexican honey colour AS THE BODY into which brown streaks
then flow. The whole piece is cased.
I acquired it in '97. It was sold as a piece of 'studio' glass not being an obvious Whitefriars colour at all(usual potil).
We are told in the larger book that Aurora, like lichen & Marine, were only made over two years, this means it is a rare colour especially as it seems to have been limited to this range. Be this as it may, however rare it may be, does it deserve to be written off and if not, could this be a plea to put Aurora back on the map with your help?
Warm regards
Tony Wigg
Maggie Kirby
Claire Hobbs
Dear Peter
Could you help us with a current valuation? We are using a 13" grey Drunken
Bricklayer vase on the BBC quiz show 'Going For A Song' next Monday. On
your amazing website I see there are recent prices paid for the more popular
colours - what do you think we should put (as a shop value) on a grey one?
I hope you can help and look forward to hearing from you.
Yours
Claire Hobbs
Producer 'Going For A Song'
10.01
Peter Olive
Hello Claire,
I purchased one of these from a private collector just before Christmas,
in Pewter (the plain grey colour) for £***. The price could be up to
£??? for that particular colour in a shop.
There are two other colours which can be mistaken for Pewter, and these
are Indigo (dark smoky blue) and Willow (dark smoky grey-green). Both of these would attract only slightly lower prices today (£*** to £???) than
the Pewter one. The most rare colour in this vase is Aubergine (Purple)
which would cost (if available) up to £!!!.
Best Regards
Peter Olive
Webmaster http://www.whitefriars.org
10.02
Tertia Werry
I'm writing on behalf of Claire Hobbs with regards to the drunken bricklayer vase we are featuring on the show.
One thing we could really like to know is who designed it and we wondered if you could let us know.
As we are filming the show today, we would really appreciate it if you could give us any information as soon as possible. The show will be filmed at 6.00pm - we can be contacted on the number below.
Many thanks for all your help with this.
Regards,
Tertia Werry
Researcher
Going For A Song
10.03
Peter Olive
I only read your email at 7pm, so I missed your deadline, Sorry.
The designed was Geoffrey Baxter, who died in 1995. He designed this piece in 1967, and there was also a smaller more common version which
was only 8 1/4" high.
Regards
Peter Olive
10.04
Claire Hobbs
Yours Claire
Peter Olive
9.01Joseph Wang
Further to your alert, please note that the 2 banjos at Christies are not willow and indigo.
They are both indigo and not very well coloured at that. One has scratches and bubbling. Christies response when this was pointed out to them? -- "Oh well - people should check for themselves ". Now that's what you call responsible Auctioneers !!
Joe
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Peter Olive
Peter Gardiner
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Peter Olive
site which is www.thecountryseat.com and also www.whitefriarsglass.com.
Ian Price
The piece is what I think is dark green (as used in the 1957 Cat) but instead of being cased with clear glass, is cased with Artic Blue. The colour combination is stunning.
The only reference I can find is that referring to Evening Sky and Aquamarine, but this piece has not the double colour before being cased in clear.
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
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Glenn Lawson
My shop address is;
rm.107
2390 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90039 (In the Silverlake area)
323-912-1940
hours; W-SUN 12-6 or by appointment.
The only other store in LA that might have Whitefriars is called "Retro
Gallery". (524 1/2 La Brea Ave, 323-936-5261) They have one of the
largest mid-century glass collections in the states. Good luck.
Glenn Lawson
rm.107
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Lesley Pinder
Many thanks
Lesley
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Sherry from Canada
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Chris Watt
I have just been given a present from a relative. It is a set of Whitefriars glasses. I was hoping to find out a little more about them although I have some info already. The 6 glasses are still in the original box. The box has the Whitefriars logo on it. The glasses are described as 10oz whisky glasses. There is a number on the box which I think is the pattern no. its M31 and the word Flint which I guess is the colour, although you would never guess that to look at them. My relatives bought them in America, but have been back in England for years. My best guess would be that the glasses were bought in the mid to late seventies.
I was hoping you might have more information about them, such as is the M31 a pattern no. and could I get more information about Whitefriars glasses from anywhere. I was also hoping you could shed light on the fact that apart from the decorative glass the Whitefriars produced they also produced practical items such as glasses.
I would be glad of any help you could offer.
Regards
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Peter Olive
M31 is the pattern number. I have had a quick look in a book for them
and I cannot see this specific pattern, but I think they are probably
from around the 40s. Flint was the name for clear full lead crystal.
Vases were only a small part of the Whitefriars business, most items
were practical, including medical thermometers. After the war to get
currency the UK government enforced regulations which only allowed the decorative items for export.
Regards
Peter
David Lancaster
Thank-you,
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mike.cripps@btinternet.com
Mike (ex glassmaker at the factory)
Justin Freeman
The reason I have visited ( for the first time ) was to try and establish if
there were Whitefriars tankards made. I recently bought a textured, clear glass, handled pint glass and it looks like Whitefriars but I'm not sure if they ever made such items. Do you have any idea?
Many thanks