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Simon Terrey - 12/15/00 13:51:52
Email address: ufoalpha@yahoo.com

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Nice Site ! My mother gave me a glass vase last month called "Whitefriars glass" so I did a search...... I've now found, thanks to your site that I now own a Indigo or Kingfisher 'Banjo' (13inch+) !

Martin - 11/25/00 00:59:00
eBay id: tomsk
Favourite Baxter shape: coffin
Favourite Baxter colour: all of them
Email address: gunner@localdial.com

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hi there, i live in Jersey in the channel islands i have found one peice of whitefriars glass here!!I have to get all my pieces from e-bay. Are there any more collectors out there from Jersey???

Alan J. Zell - 11/23/00 21:01:55
Email address: Azell@aol.com

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Peter: I had, in my "former life" as a retailer of fine giftwares and pioneered selling PW's in a retail store v. antique dealers, the pleasure of selling many Whitefriar items. Currently I own the Olympic Rings PW. Interesting, I don't believe they ever obtained permission to use the rings from the Olympics. Or, did they? BTW, I beleive there is a small glass studio in Southern England that got its start with ex-Whitefriar's artians. It is Merlin Glass Studio and they make very interesting glass door knows and drawer pulls. I'm happy to see that you're keeping the name alive. Alan Alan J. Zell Ambassador Of Crystal & Glass azell@aol.com

Gareth Jones - 11/11/00 11:21:41

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SUPERB SITE. I have acquired about 14 pieces of Whitefriars over the past 8 years. I buy it when I see it dirt cheap! A V. casual collector! I was under the impression there were only about five or six different shapes in only four different colours. How wrong I was. Your site has increased my interest and I will be on the lookout for more odd shapes. My last purchase was a concentric/TV vase for £1.50. EXCELLENT WORK YOU ARE DOING. KEEP IT UP.

Linda Looby - 10/30/00 22:11:02
Favourite Baxter shape: Bricklayer
Favourite Baxter colour: Tangerine
Email address: linda_looby@yahoo.co.uk

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Hello Sharon, "Brickie" has arrived safe & well.Many thanks. I am delighted with my purchase.My own vase was broken several years ago by a friend's child(aargh!)and I had searched everywhere for a replacement,but I only knew it was called Whitefriars glass.Nobody had h ard of Whitefriars and I despaired of finding one. Imagine my delight when the very first weekend my son set me up "on the net" I found the website.My email to Peter was the very first one I had sent. Thanks again, Linda Looby

Jason Nigh - 09/25/00 19:15:41
Favourite Baxter shape: Not sure yet!
Favourite Baxter colour: Ruby or aubergine
Email address: jason.nigh@ntlworld.com

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Incredibly interesting. It was nice to go to the web and find exactly what I was looking for. I knew nothing about Whitefriars until today, except that I had two vases which I had been told were Whitefriars. Now I know they are knobbly!

Nigel and Sarah Thomas - 09/09/00 15:43:21
eBay id: thomasx4
Email address: nigel.m.thomas@btinternet.com

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Thanks for the Email last week drawing our attention to your website. We'd already been using it as a useful reference site for 6 months or so. ( Many Thanks !!) My wife and I have only been collecting Whitefriars for about a year so our collection is still pretty small. It was actually my brother who introduced us to the glass, as he has been collecting for 2 to 3 years, in the good old days when pieces were still widely available (and reasonable). Best Wishes, Nigel & Sarah Thomas

Jay - 09/09/00 15:34:29
eBay id: jarkar4
Favourite Baxter shape: Banjo
Email address: ruby82@prodigy.net

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I've looked at your site on previous occasions. GREAT job!! Nice information and graphics. You have a FABULOUS collection of Baxter texture and mould glass. I particularly like the banjo large vases. I, unfortunately, do not have one of these in my collection. I'm a private Whitefriars collector. I have some mould blown Baxter pieces but actively collect random strapping and studio peacock vases. My collection, however, centers on early Powell ribbon and cut glass pieces. Unfortunately, the RARE and MINT condition items are very difficult (or expensive) to acquire. I began collecting Powell/Whitefriars when I live in London. I meet one of the glass blowers (unknowingly) when I bought my first "interesting" piece of "glass" at a local antique store near Wealdstone. With NO previous knowledge of Whitefriars, an elderly gentlemen near the stall explained the history of Whitefriars and his "days" as a blower. If only I'd asked his name and realized the impact of his conversation on my future Whitefriars collecting. Since my return to the US in 1997, I've found only TWO pieces of quality JPS. Thankfully, with the advent of the Internet, it is now convenient to continue collecting Whitefriars glass. Peter, I appreciate the email and opportunity to discuss Whitefriars glass. Have you thought of producing an UPDATE reference book with all your pieces? I you hear of someone with Peacock vases or MINT Powell cut let me know. Regards, Jay

Ollie - 09/09/00 15:32:06
eBay id: atypic1
Email address: cat@ollie23.freeserve.co.uk

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Thanks for getting in touch.Looks a most useful site,and one that I'll be logging on to on a frequent basis. Regards, Ollie.

Craig  - 09/09/00 15:25:54
eBay id:
Favourite Baxter shape: Banjo
Email address:  

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I'm envious of your collection, particularly the banjo vases. The collation of auction prices on your web site is very useful. I'm afraid I probably did outbid you on a sage bricklayer - don't hold it against me! Will keep an eye on your website. Keep in touch. Craig PS You probably realise I'm in Australia

Jim MacDonald - 08/21/00 20:10:40
eBay id: jimmick
Favourite Baxter shape: All of them.
Favourite Baxter colour: Depends on shape.
Email address: james.macdonald@let-it-be-thus.com

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Absolutely brilliant web site, music a wee bit annoying, but the content is great. I thought I had a good collection until I saw what some of these guys have. Never mind I'll catch up.

Elliott Lawrence - 06/30/00 13:23:33
Favourite Baxter shape: Drunken Brink Layer
Favourite Baxter colour: Cininmon
Email address: elawrence01@genie.co.uk

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I am alone been collecting whitefri's for a half year and i am only 14 but i am fascinated by the glass designs of Geoffrey Baxter and with my £25 pound a week i have managed to buy some rare shapes such as 4 Druken brick layers 10" (my impressive sage gr en the other 3 tangerine, kingfisher blue and sea green). I think you have a very impressive collection and your website is 100% quality.

alex - 06/17/00 14:12:02
My Website: http://www.whitefriarsglass.co.uk/
Favourite Baxter shape: all
Favourite Baxter colour: kingfisher
Email address: alex.bishop@btinternet.com

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pete, great start to the site, as rob says we will have to do better. suggested changes I would make would be to dispence with the music. I would also like to see the early screens less jumbled because I have difficulty in picking up the text. You have a splendid collection!!

Liam - 06/16/00 22:36:18
eBay id: gannow.freeserve.co.uk
Favourite Baxter shape: Bark Vases (logs)
Favourite Baxter colour: Meadow Green
Email address: liam@gannow.freeserve.co.uk

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Brilliant website, very impressed, well done.

Lynn - 06/13/00 21:29:30
eBay id: Blackfriars
Favourite Baxter shape: Undecided
Email address: Limey@aol.com

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Your site is fascinating and I wish it every success. My small ongoing collection is purely for sentimental reasons. My Uncle, Grandfather and Great Grandfather all worked at the Whitefriars factory. My Grandfather worked from aged 14 years until he ret red in 1963 at the age of 65. We have a few pieces of Whitefriars glass in the family, but I can remember pieces being thrown out or broken. In particular I remember when growing up we had two large round yellow lampshades hanging from the ceiling. The had brown rings around them. My mother does not remember where they went! She also remembers playing marbles with the paperweights outside the factory. It is really great to see so much enthusiasm with the Whitefriars glass collection. I will keep lo king, as I suspect you all will. Good Luck.

Robert - 06/13/00 18:27:40
My Website: http://www.whitefriarsglass.co.uk/
eBay id: 9681
Favourite Baxter shape: Banjo
Favourite Baxter colour: Meadow Green
Email address: bishop@banjo9681.freeserve.co.uk

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Excellent web site, puts our feeble effort to shame, we will have to do better! Great idea for a Whitefriars forum, do you think fellow collectors will share any snippits of info that they have found out?

Rob Stewart - 06/13/00 03:23:48
eBay id: rockingrobbie
Favourite Baxter shape: tv
Favourite Baxter colour: white
Email address: Robert.J.Stewart@btinternet.com

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Many thanks for your new site, 2 years ago you couldnt find a thing on Whitefriars other than the occasional paper weight on Ebay even books were hard to find and knowledge harder still, your site will and to help the cause of us Whitefriars collectors an I salute you. my regards and admiration Rob.

Peter - 06/12/00 20:11:31
My Website: http://whitefriars.org/
eBay id: Spike-Jessie
Favourite Baxter shape: drunken brick
Favourite Baxter colour: Aubergine
Email address: peter@spike-jessie.demon.co.uk

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