A James Powell & Sons Leather Bottle Glass Carafe c1880

Heading : A James Powell and sons “leather bottle” carafe
Period : Victoria c1880
Origin : England
Colour : Clear
Neck : Rigaree band
Body : Ovoid. conical. Applied pincered vertival trailing to represent a seam. Internal optical moulding
Base : Polished pontil
Glass Type : Lead.
Size :    21cms tall
Condition : Excellent. minimal water clouding on internal the base
Restoration : None
Weight :  414 grams

The form was inspired by early flasks made of leather hence the  name ‘the oval leather bottle’. This very form appears in the James Powell & Sons catalogue for 1880. All  very “renaissance revival”