This stunning Tangerine colour Whitefriars pattern 9667 vase, more commonly known as a Basketweave vase was designed by Geoffrey Baxter for the 1967 catalogue. The mould for this pattern vase was made from wood that was chiselled out to give the woven effect. The vase has no chips, cracks or scratches though as is often found in these pieces, there are a few small bubbles within the glass which do not reach the surface. There is also a small ash inclusion at the neck, but as any collector of whitefriars will know, these are all part of the character of hand blown glass. The base of the vase has a few small 'shelf wear' marks as you would hope to find on a piece of this age, and has the highly polished and ground Pontil mark where the punty rod was attached and then snapped off. This rod was used to control the vase whilst the rim was flame polished in the furnace.
In 1965 Baxter dragged the Whitefriars glass works in London into the 20th Century with his iconic 'textured range' which used radical production methods whereby many of the moulds were 'patterned' with nails, wire, bark, bits of wood and metal to create the designs, with the mould not only giving the surface texture but also the shape. Each piece is hand blown and no two pieces are exactly the same.
This vase would look stunning in a contemporary glass or retro collection, or as an great addition to any Whitefriars collection however large or small.
Dimensions: height 10½ inches (26 cm), width 5 inches (13cm) and ~3 inches (8cm) deep approximately.
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