Dartington Glass

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.

A few more bits of Frank Thrower designed Dartington glass ....

FT 95

that's a Frank Thrower design for Dartington glass I think in pewter

I think it's Frank Thrower , he did a series of these in 1968 , numbered ft58, ft 60 and so on ,all with different neck shapes , only one FT 101 was copied from Sarpaneva's crocus vase for littala.

The Mark Hill/Eve Thrower book is very useful - well worth buying :-).

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).

"Dartington Glass: The First Twenty Years, 1967 to 1987" by Linda and Stuart Smithson has everything in it that Frank Thrower (and a few others beside during that period) designed for Dartington and is often found on ebay direct from the authors at a good price.

I'm not entirely convinced Pip's glasses are FT. I'll check later

I apologise, they are FT109, Polar range "On the rocks". Second quality though with that label. Came in clear, midnight and kingfisher. The glasses are hi-balls (109/6) if 5.5 inches tall.

Here's an FT2 to look out for, unstruck Flame = amber

Ft 66

Green Daisy vase

FT 59

Aqua Greek Key vase

FT 60

Hyacinth vase

green and aqua greek key design

This tiny candle holder with bark effect stands at 2.5 inches tall

I have had a few of these over the years, they can be bought quite cheaply ,but look great .

pair of clear greek key vases

Christmas presents from my boyfriend this year...

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This is the first vase, it stands just over 7 inches tall, icy blue in coour-I had a similar colour in a Bo Borgstrom vase, but not sure if this is them-I suspect it is Scandinavian??







This is the second vase, which is just a tiny bit bigger and the same colour-
Has anyone got any ideas of makers as I would love to know
Am I right with Scandinavian?
Many thanks from a newbie on a great site xxxx

Welcome to the forum Funky! Someone will be along with an opinion soon.

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Hi fifi, do the two vases match the profile of each other when placed side by side? They are quite possibly by Dartington Crystal designed by Belinda Hornsey 1997-8 from the 'Intimates' collection.

Hi, yes I think they may do-I have left them at my mums as she loves them! I wil check tomorow, but they are exactl the same colour an almos the same height! Thanks so much for resonding-did they do his very icy colour???
Thanks fr your time Davee x