Gertrude Jekyll for James Powell and Sons, Whitefriars, an exceptionally large Arts and Crafts glass Munstead flower vase, circa 1884, waisted conical form with flared neck, large polished lens pontil, 51cm high Note: designed by the influential garden designer, author and horticulturist, for her Surrey estate Munstead Wood (recently acquired by the National Trust earlier this year), this is one of the largest known examples from the range. Jekyll commissioned Powell and Sons to manufacture a range of simple and utilitarian vases for arranging flowers from her newly acquired plot of land near Godalming. The house itself was remodelled by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1896. An advert from The Garden journal, March 29th, 1884, shows the range of commercially produced vases of this design (cf. No.51) sold by James Green and Nephew. An optic ribbed example of the same size and design appeared at auction in Edinburgh in 2021, possibly the only other known vase.