Tom Hill for Whitefriars Art Deco Bowl c1930
Tom Hill was a notable glass maker and designer associated with Whitefriars Glassworks, a renowned British glass-making company. Hill was recognised for his design work, particularly during the late 1930s. His modernist designs reflected the continental and Scandinavian trends of that time for simple, soft, sculptural shapes. An example of his signature sea green glass is held in the glass collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
This bowl, also created in Whitefriars’ ‘Sea-Green’ glass, features an applied sapphire-blue coiled ribbon which echoes Hill's elegantly simple design approach. The bowl has been expertly shaped and famously rings like a bell when gently tapped.
It does bear signs of wear, with some surface scratches inside the bowl and just below the external rim. Overall, at around 90 years old, this bowl is in remarkably good condition for its age.
Tom Hill was a notable glass maker and designer associated with Whitefriars Glassworks, a renowned British glass-making company. Hill was recognised for his design work, particularly during the late 1930s. His modernist designs reflected the continental and Scandinavian trends of that time for simple, soft, sculptural shapes. An example of his signature sea green glass is held in the glass collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
This bowl, also created in Whitefriars’ ‘Sea-Green’ glass, features an applied sapphire-blue coiled ribbon which echoes Hill's elegantly simple design approach. The bowl has been expertly shaped and famously rings like a bell when gently tapped.
It does bear signs of wear, with some surface scratches inside the bowl and just below the external rim. Overall, at around 90 years old, this bowl is in remarkably good condition for its age.
Tom Hill was a notable glass maker and designer associated with Whitefriars Glassworks, a renowned British glass-making company. Hill was recognised for his design work, particularly during the late 1930s. His modernist designs reflected the continental and Scandinavian trends of that time for simple, soft, sculptural shapes. An example of his signature sea green glass is held in the glass collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
This bowl, also created in Whitefriars’ ‘Sea-Green’ glass, features an applied sapphire-blue coiled ribbon which echoes Hill's elegantly simple design approach. The bowl has been expertly shaped and famously rings like a bell when gently tapped.
It does bear signs of wear, with some surface scratches inside the bowl and just below the external rim. Overall, at around 90 years old, this bowl is in remarkably good condition for its age.
• Tom Hill for Whitefriars c1930s
• Sea green glass with sapphire-blue coiled ribbon
• 27cm wide, 15cm high
• Origin: United Kingdom
