Holmes, Peter

5 complex Ysart-style canes surround a centre cane, interspersed with 5 smaller star canes. Colours range from lime green, coral pink & lilac to blue, grey & burnt orange. The high maroon cushion has a velvet-like texture. 5+1 faceting.Signed on the polished base: Peter Holmes 1/1 2005. In f..

A striking, one-off abstract design: rising from a mottled blue ground, purple/white ribbons swirl around an explosion of white crystalline bubbles like music rising to a crescendo. The spherical weight is cut with a sloping front facet.Signed and dated: Peter Holmes Experimental 2004.  ..

A stunning abstract design which certainly lives up to its name. The swirling mass of coloured ribbons - orange, lime-green, white, purple & brown over a black & white ground - has an intoxicating effect when viewed from different angles. Cut with 10 round facets.Signed and dated: Peter Holmes Exper..

The clear glass encloses a design of splayed white spikes streaked with brown - resembling the spikes of a sea urchin - set over a purple ground. A number of small round facets enhance the design.A PH signature cane is set in the colour ground and the weight is scratch-signed and numbered 1/1. &nbs..

A simple yet striking design: an abstract "flower" within a large, opaque dome with a polished front facet. 4 cobalt-blue petals enclose white & silver crystalline stamen over a mottled turquoise ground.A PH signature cane is set in the underside of the ground. Signed on the polished base: Peter Hol..

2 slightly different versions of this beautiful abstract design were made, although it never went into series production. A delicate “flower” - with white crystalline leaves enclosing a bloom composed of topaz petals and purple stamen - growing from a translucent amber/purple ground.Signed with a PH..

The prototype for the limited edition design “Rain Dancer”. Unlike the later production version, this one is faceted and also larger. White ribbons swirl out from a purple/blue abstract form above a sea of “raindrops” over a wavelike turquoise ground. 5 + 1 faceting.Signed on the polished, concave b..

Set against green stems and foliage - on a clear ground - are a pink & white veined flower, a slightly deeper-pink flower about to open & 3 buds. Encircling the arrangement is a garland with 10 alternating amber/green and dark-green/blue/mauve complex millefiori canes. A attractive "footed" ..

Bold, fully-open satiny-red petals reveal long yellow anthers in this stylized flower with its 5 green leaves encased in clear. The weight is cut with a sloping front facet.Signed around the edge of the polished, flat base: Peter Holmes Experiment 2004.  ..

Resting on a bed of spiralling blue/white latticinio is a pale-blue & white clematis. The stamen at the centre of the 5 petals is composed of fine yellow rods. The short stem bears 2 side buds and 2 green leaves. The weight is finished with a small round top window, 5 round side facets and 5 slightl..

Blue & mauve “coral” seem to be swaying in the current - an effect enhanced by the dark-blue & green ground, which is reflected in the ribbed glass of the dome.A PH signature cane is set in the concave base and it is also signed: Peter Holmes 1/1.  ..

A crystalline flower with 5 petals edged in different colours - green, blue, brown, cranberry &  purple - is set over a “rippled” translucent magenta ground.  The weight is finished with a top and 5 side facets. Script signed: Peter Holmes 1/1 in addition to the PH signature cane set i..