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William Yeoward Crystal

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William Yeoward, already a noted designer working in the field of furniture, lighting, fabrics, and interior accessories, with a store on London’s fashionable King’s Road, was an avid collector of antique crystal, but felt that there was little contemporary crystal that was truly beautiful. Timothy Jenkins, third generation in the family owned crystal business John Jenkins, founded in 1901, had an intimate knowledge of the European crystal industry and for some years had been making reproductions of antique pieces.

A chance meeting in1993 brought Timothy Jenkins and William Yeoward together and they quickly found that they shared a passion for the beautiful crystal of the 18th and 19th Centuries and both wished that these wonderful pieces could once again be created and preserved for posterity. They decided to pool their diverse talents and a collection of some 60 – 70 pieces of tableware and decorative pieces was exhibited at the Decorex Interior Design Fair in London in the Fall of 1995.

William’s reputation in the design world gained him access to some of the world’s best private collections and many wonderful pieces were found in the great Country Houses of England and Ireland. Timothy’s family collection revealed many treasures and others were acquired at auction and from specialist antique dealers. Slowly the collection of antique originals came together and a decision was made that it should include as many unusual pieces as possible, shapes and decorations some of which had not been made for more than 150 years. Antique drinking glasses were found with square feet, with lemon squeezer feet, with hollow stems, glasses with polished cutting combined with copper wheel engraving, rare and beautiful shapes, some simple, some ornate. All these pieces had to satisfy Tim and William’s sense of design and their desire that the pieces should be beautiful in themselves, that they should be functional and that they would make elegant and wonderful table settings. During 2002 Fine English Bone China Tableware and Giftware, and Sterling Silver Flatware were added to the Collection to complete the table.