Whitefriars

A standard P2 pattern with a 5-row set-up of single canes. Apart from white in the first row there are only 2 other colours - aquamarine and lemon. In the row of white canes around the centre, is a white/blue 1972 signature/date cane. 5+1 faceting and the typical Whitefriars base.  ..

A striking colour combination on a clear ground: aqua, white, royal blue, lavender and straw around a red centre cane. This has a tiny bubble on the top of it. Looking through the bubble - with the aid of a fairly powerful magnifying glass - a tiny heart silhouette can be seen. The two inner rows of..

Probably made in the late 1960s as a sample weight to test new colours, this 4-row single cane concentric in red, yellow, ivory and lavender - around a centre cluster of the red canes - came from the estate of the late Geoffrey Baxter - chief designer at Whitefriars.Cut with a large top window and ..

An undated trial design with 6 bundles of canes in yellow, aqua, pink, blue and purple set on a thin layer of muslin. The cane in the centre (with ca. 20 individual elements) is, unfortunately, better viewed from the underside.Although not signed or dated, the weight displays the typical Whitefriars..

An undated weight that was probably a trial setting to test new colours or colour combinations - in this case, straw, ivory, brown and caramel. Whereas normally the encasing crystal completely covers the set-up - producing the typical Whitefriars groove - here the button itself acts as the base and ..

These large Door Stops first appeared in the 1969 catalogue. A dark-blue ribbon spirals around a large bubble - with a silvery sheen -set in the centre. The rest of the ball is full of small, controlled bubbles. As it’s made of full lead crystal, it’s incredibly heavy. It has a couple of surface scr..

Spiral weights like this one - containing red, white and blue swirling ribbons surrounded by bubbles - were made throughout the 1950s; probably first for the Festival of Britain in 1951. The base is hollow ground and has no basal rim nor the characteristic indentation found in later Whitefriars mill..