Lot 1192
JAMES POWELL & SONS WHITEFRIARS DECANTER - MINERBI SERVICE
designed by Harry Powell, the decanter with an ovoid body, with a green trailing design and glass thread around the neck. Also with a similar smaller decanter, both unmarked. 11 1/4ins (28.5cms) high, and 9ins (23cms) high. (2)
*The Minerbi Glass Service is named after Count Lionel De Minerbi of Venice. In 1902 at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative Art in Turin, James Powell & Sons participated and Count Minerbi witnessed the items they were producing. He ordered a full service of Powell glass of around 400 items, which was produced in 1906.
