Topic: Art nouveau/Arts and Crafts vase, maker info please ID= Stuart & Sons

[Bernard C]

Wayne — There's a good match to the low level peacock's eye trailing and other features of your piece in Gulliver, positively attributed by Mervyn Gulliver, working from the original factory pattern books, to Stuart, and dated c.1900.

Bernard C. 

[pwayne]

Thanks for that info Bernard, it looks as though my initial suspicions were right. So for now then i shall give it a "most likely" attribution to Stuart, thanks again Wayne.

[Andy]

Hi Wayne,
just having a dig around some of the Bohemian sites, Eddie, Alfred etc.
and happened upon this site,
http://sites.google.com/site/bohemianglassandmore/miscellaneous-identified-pieces

scroll down to 2 vases above the bottom of the page,
Stevens and Williams , its not far off
Cheers
Andy
ps its a nice site, but cant find the collectors name anywhere??

PPS AHA!! Its Warren Galles site :thup: :hiclp: :hiclp: :hiclp:

[Cathy B]

Andy, that's quite a different pattern though. It doesn't have the peacock feather decoration at all and it's hard to tell whether the colour is a match.

[keith]

Despite what I said before I must agree with Andy,Stuarts 'peacock' glass has a lighter appearance with the applied decor' standing less proud than the Stevens and Williams piece on Andy's link which matches, in my opinion, with  Wayne's,Keith

[azelismia]

of course, it was Warren's site. yes, that is the piece I was referring to. that style of glass is not usually my thing so I was having a hard time placing where I saw it.

[pwayne]

Yes the one on Warrens site does have similarities, and i know you cannot judge the colour accurately from different photos but they do have a very similar hue, and i thought identifying Iridescent Bohemian was difficult. Thanks again for everybody's input. Cheers Wayne.

[Cathy B]

Wayne, get hold of a copy of Victorian Decorative Glass: British Designs, 1850 - 1914, by Mervyn Gulliver, and compare with the vase on p. 89.

Mod: changed to correct my own spelling. It's 'Mervyn', not 'Mervin'.  :spls2:  

[keith]

After my previous blather I feel a total dork,will wait in future until the more learned among us have spoken!Keith.(what makes it worse is I've got the book)

[nigel benson]

Hi All,

Yes, Stuart & Sons, late ninetenth century design.

For a short essay on Arts & Crafts Glass and some photos of items from various British manufacturers, http://www.20thcentury-glass.org.uk/nigelbenson20thcenturyglass/id60.html

(Moderators - None for sale!)

Nigel