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Dartington Glass - Frank Thrower designs
by Pip on Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:10 pm
Dartington Glass was established in Torrington, Devon in 1967. Eskil Vilhemson from a Swedish glass company was brought in as Managing Director along with a team of Scandinavian glass blowers. Frank Thrower was the chief designer and creative inspiration at Dartington Glass since it's inception until his death in 1987.
Below are three large vases produced in 1978 by Wood Brothers for Dartington Glass. Left to right: a Volterra in smoke, an Inkwell in jet and a Candy Vase in amber - very few were made.
Below are three large vases produced in 1978 by Wood Brothers for Dartington Glass. Left to right: a Volterra in smoke, an Inkwell in jet and a Candy Vase in amber - very few were made.
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Re: Dartington Glass - Frank Thrower designs
by Pip on Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:29 pm
A few more bits of Frank Thrower designed Dartington glass ....
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Re: Dartington Glass - Frank Thrower designs
by dantheman on Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:33 pm
FT2
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Re: Dartington Glass - Frank Thrower designs
by dantheman on Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:34 pm
FT88
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Re: Dartington Glass - Frank Thrower designs
by dantheman on Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:36 pm
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Re: Dartington Glass - Frank Thrower designs
by icy on Mon Aug 17, 2009 7:17 pm
Hi Dantheman, where can I find out more abou the designs of Frank Thrower? I have recently picked up a piece of his which you have shown here( the small blue square pot with diffrent designs on every side) but in the clear version and am wondering whether it has a pattern number or name? regards Icy
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Re: Dartington Glass - Frank Thrower designs
by dantheman on Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:57 pm
it will have an FT number as I call it, FT signifying a Frank Thrower design and a number specific to that decoration and shape.
There are books available on the subject but I tend to look at the ones on ebay,usually they state the FT number.
In your case I think that your clear vase would share the same number with my blue vase (whatever that number is?)
There are books available on the subject but I tend to look at the ones on ebay,usually they state the FT number.
In your case I think that your clear vase would share the same number with my blue vase (whatever that number is?)
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Re: Dartington Glass - Frank Thrower designs
by icy on Tue Aug 18, 2009 7:54 pm
Thanks for the info, what are the best books available about Frank Thrower and Dartington?
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Re: Dartington Glass - Frank Thrower designs
by dantheman on Tue Aug 18, 2009 7:59 pm
Eve thrower wrote a second book fairly recently I seem to remember?
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Re: Dartington Glass - Frank Thrower designs
by dantheman on Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:03 pm
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Re: Dartington Glass - Frank Thrower designs
by Pip on Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:17 pm
The Mark Hill/Eve Thrower book is very useful - well worth buying :-).
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Re: Dartington Glass - Frank Thrower designs
by dantheman on Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:39 pm
icy wrote:Hi Dantheman, where can I find out more abou the designs of Frank Thrower? I have recently picked up a piece of his which you have shown here( the small blue square pot with diffrent designs on every side) but in the clear version and am wondering whether it has a pattern number or name? regards Icy
I think it's an FT2..is that correct Pip?
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Re: Dartington Glass - Frank Thrower designs
by Pip on Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:07 pm
Correct - it's an FT2 dating from 1967-68 in Kingfisher.
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Re: Dartington Glass - Frank Thrower designs
by dantheman on Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:15 pm
so the clear glass version would still be an FT2?
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Re: Dartington Glass - Frank Thrower designs
by Pip on Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:19 pm
Yep, FT2 is the shape number - most of these types of late 1960s Frank Thrower designs were available in Kingfisher, Clear, Midnight and the much rarer Flame (official Dartington colour names).
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