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DARTINGTON GLASS 1971 Promotional Booklet - Rare!!!

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This is a seldom seen little booklet by Dartington Glass from 1971. I have never seen this come up for sale on Ebay before. This one doesn't even appear in the book "Frank Thrower and Dartington Glass" book by Eve Thrower and Mark Hill. It is a lovely period piece with lovely b&w photos by, I think, Mike Newton, the company photographer. It is illustrated with shots of the factory, workers and glass beng made. It tells the story of Dartington Hall , the charity set up to assist areas of North Devon in need of regeneration, and without whom Dartington Glass would not exist. The history ( a short history at the time!) of Dartington Glass from 1967 is included and explanation of glass-blowing.

Dartington Glass was started in June 1967 when the Dartington Hall Trust, a Devon based charitable organisation that developed local businesses to maintain the rural life in the area, were looking for a new venture. After 5 years of discussions and negotiations the factory had started with Frank Thrower as Sales Director and designer. Frank was to be the main designer for the next 20 years and produced over 500 designs. Sadly, Frank died in 1987 after a long illness. He is now regarded as one of the top glass designers of the 20th Century having produced many iconic designs. Compared to other companies Dartington has not quite reached the status of other companies such as Whitefriars in so much as monetary value of its glass. Certainly though the designs hold their heads high in the company of others.

The booklet is approximately 6" x 8" in size. It contains 10 pages and is in very good condition with only minor wear.

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RONALD STENNETT-WILLSON Exhibition Catalogue 2004

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This is the catalogue for an exhibition of glass designs from 1954 - 1980 from the Graham Cooley Collection held in the summer of 2004 at the Fermoy Gallery in King's Lynn.

This little booklet packs a lot in to it's 31 pages. A celebration of the work of one of Britain's most eminent glass designers, Ronald Stennett-Willson, it tells his story of his career in the glass industry starting as a young man before WWII and continuing after through his work with Wuidart, Lemington, King's Lynn and Wedgwood. It is very well illustrated with lovely photos of glass and archived company pictures. The photos of Graham Cooley's glass in particular are a treat.

The catalogue is in excellent condition. It's approx. 8" x 6".

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WHITEFRIARS 1966 GLASS CATALOGUE & PRICE LIST - RARE!!!

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This is your chance to purchase a rare Whitefriars publication. This is the catalogue from 1966 which saw the introduction of Patterns 9650 through to 9662. It has 61 pages of glass available that year including some great colour photos and black and white pictures. At the back it has the Pattern Number list. This was the last catalogue issued before Baxter's textured range was launched. A number of the items in the catalogue have red crosses over them as they were discontinued for 1966. The printers were instructed to do this and basically they modified the previous years catalogue! Ocean Green and Green Cased in Clear Crystal are also deleted for this year. There are a few colour photos in this catalogue with streaky knobblies and thin walled soda items amongst others being shown.

The original price list that went with the catalogue is also included with this. If anything this is rarer than the catalogue!

These catalogues were not given out to the public at the time as they were trade catalogues only. Dealers and shops were given them along with price lists.

It is approximately 11" x 5.5" and ring bound. It is in very good condition with only minor wear as expected after 43 years! It's your chance to have at least one Whitefriars catalogue to HAND instead of trawling through them on the web!!!