Topic: Are the fishscale cameo vases marked as GLF (George L. Fereday) by Webb?

[keith]

Not an expert but no mention of him in 'Art Feat and Mystery' the story of T.Webb,also looked in 'The Crystal Years' S&W and most of my other books,zilch,

[Anne]

Nothing in Dodsworth (British Glass Between the Wars)  or Angus-Butterworth (British Table & Ornamental Glass) either...

[albglass]

It turns out that the fishscale vases (example attached) were not made by Webb, and not even made in England.  One of these vases turned up with an RD number on it that showed that it was registered in 1885 by Wittman & Roth, an importer of foreign glass and china.  There is evidence that they did design some of their pieces, so it is possible that they did the design (or maybe not).  Some of their imports have been traced back to Bohemia. I have not found any information on whether they imported from other countries.  I still know nothing about the mysterious GLF signature, except that it would not be a George L. Fereday from Webb since it is not a Webb piece.

[flying free]

but that is one stunningly beautiful vase  :thud:  :mrgreen:
I'm sure you will find the maker at some point - seriously jealous here.
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[nigel benson]

I realise that the Webb attribution has been blown, but to follow up on the Fereday name. Jason Ellis does not mention a George at all in his book "Glassmakers of Stourbridge and Dudley 1612-2002". the only two Feredays are mentioned on page 474, note 53:

"John Thomas Fereday, son of Joseph Fereday, who ran a grocery shop in Church Street, Kingswinford and his wife Sarah; b 18th Mar 1854, Kingswinford; PRO 1881 cencus of Kingswinford RG11/2893/6; d. 28th Feb 1942 at Llandudno."

I am therefore guessing (from this well researched source) that there was no George L Fereday and that it arose from one original misconception being copied by others.

Nigel

[chopin-liszt]

 :thud:
You think it's stunningly beautiful, Flying Free?
Ummm, I think it looks like a bum in pink fishnet tights.  :pb:

[nigel benson]

Oh dear. That had occured to me, but I thought, no Nigel, "Leave it!!!!". I still think it's a very good piece of work; just that a photograph has rendered a very unfortunate representation - well, to some of us reprobates

Sorry about my mind  :pb:

Nigel

[flying free]

 oh .... yes it does!  :24: :24:  :24: but then you know I love figural pieces 
And after all, if we were all after the same pieces of glass  then the world would be more boring for it - a difference in taste is to be celebrated  :kissy:  I will be expecting no competition then when one comes up for auction  :rah:
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[chopin-liszt]

I prefer my Bertil Vallien bum - it's wearing leather or pvc.  :bat: