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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!!!

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Michael Parkington was one of the world's foremost glass collectors. Parkington, died in 1994 aged 71, he was a solicitor who's most famous case was while in South Africa defending Nelson Mandela on treason charges in the early Sixties.

As with many collectors, Parkington didn't just have glass as a passion. He had earlier collected silver. His Kensington flat was packed to the rafters with glass of all ages, types and companies. Monart, Vasart, Gray-Stan, Stuart, Nazeing, Stevens & Williams, Varnish Glass, 18th & 19th Century Glass and much more. He was introduced to Whitefriars glass in the early nineties and very quickly built up an amazing collection from Harry Powell to Geoffrey Baxter pieces. 3 years after his death his collection was put up for auction at Christie's in a sale split into two parts such was the scale of the auction.

This catalogue is the sale catalogue "The Parkington Collection Part I" which contains the Whitefriars glass. It has colour photographs of some stunning glass, much of it very rare. He had managed to obtain a Ruby Cello vase by Baxter of which only two are known. There is a lot of other companies glass, as previously mentioned, in it including some fantastic Monart glass. There are a couple of mis-described "Whitefriars" vases but considering this was all collected "pre-internet" he obviously was a great researcher.

The catalogue is in very good condition with only a slight tear to the top of the spine. All pages are very good. There are 62 pages detailing 525 lots. I will include a copy of the prices achieved.

I currently have the catalogue for Part II of this collection on Ebay as well. I can combine postage on these two catalogues.

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Michael Parkington was one of the world's foremost glass collectors. Parkington, died in 1994 aged 71, he was a solicitor who's most famous case was while in South Africa defending Nelson Mandela on treason charges in the early Sixties.


As with many collectors, Parkington didn't just have glass as a passion. He had earlier collected silver. His Kensington flat was packed to the rafters with glass of all ages, types and companies. Monart, Vasart, Gray-Stan, Stuart, Nazeing, Stevens & Williams, Varnish Glass, 18th & 19th Century Glass and much more. He was introduced to Whitefriars glass in the early nineties and very quickly built up an amazing collection from Harry Powell to Geoffrey Baxter pieces. 3 years after his death his collection was put up for auction at Christie's in a sale split into two parts such was the scale of the auction.


This catalogue is the sale catalogue "The Parkington Collection Part II". It has colour photographs of some stunning glass, much of it very rare. There is a lot of companies' glass in it including some fantastic Monart glass, Powell and 1930's Whitefriars, Webb, John Walsh Walsh, Stourbridge, superb Ysart paperweights and 18th and 19th Century Glass.


The catalogue is in very good condition with only minor wear. There are 62 pages detailing 477 lots including the prices for Part 1. I also have sheets detailing prices for Part 2.

I also have the catalogue for Part 1 of this auction on Ebay. I will combine postage for both catalogues.

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WHITEFRIARS GLASS James Powell & Sons of London

By Wendy Evans, Catherine Ross, and Alex Werner

This is a superb copy of the much sought after Wendy Evans book on Whitefriars Glass. It contains 398 pages of the most comprehensive study of the Whitefriars Glassworks and its glass starting with beginnings in 1680 right to the very end in 1980.

Published in 1995 by the Museum of London and now out of print, it represents a mammoth task of collating all the information donated to the museum after the company's demise. There were numerous contributions by so many people in the field of glassmaking and collecting in making this book. It is generally recognised as the "bible" of Whitefriars Glass. It contains a fascinating insight to life at the factories and companies in charge of the glassworks for its 300 years. A vast amount of information is taken from the Jame Powell & Sons own archives and materials. The workers, customers, suppliers, company finances and of course the glass is studied in great depth.

Pattern books from 1830 up to 1940 are included covering the lesser known "Powell" glass. From then on there are many pages from the subsequent catalogues up to 1980. It also has a comprehensive section on the Powell's largely unsung Stained Glass department. This book in conjunction with Lesley Jackson's book and the excellent websites now online completes all the information to arm the collector or dealer with a huge advantage of knowledge with Whitefriars glass.

I have my own copy of this book which has proved invaluable and is always ready to hand! The page samples below are scanned from my well thumbed copy of the book in order to preserve the condition of the book I am offering for sale. The condition of the book is very good with the tiniest of wear to the outer corners. It really is negligible. It is still in its outer dust cover.

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DARTINGTON GLASS 1970 Catalogue - Very Rare!!!

This is a seldom seen catalogue by Dartington Glass from 1970. I have never seen a Dartington catalogue 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 fantastic book with lovely photos by Mike Newton, the company photographer, and each piece accompanied with witty, sometimes risqué descriptions riddled with puns. This catalogue marked a dramatic departure in style and quality compared to previous ones which were cheaply made affairs. In this catalogue several of Frank Thrower's best designs appear such as the FT1 Tankard, FT15 Ships Decanter, Nipple vase etc.

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 catalogue is approximately 9" x 9" in size. It contains 76 pages and is in very good condition with only minor wear.

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