Topic: Joseph Webb Stourbridge Celery and Sugar Bowl

[Paul S.]

assume from your comments Fred that you'd like pictures of Kew drawings for those double asterisked items??

[agincourt17]

Yes please, Paul - thank you for your kind offer - (either if you already have them or can get them from Kew in due course).

Fred.

[Paul S.]

In theory I should already have them as they are lozenge period designs  -  will try to post over the course of the next 24 hours.

[agincourt17]

Thank you, Paul.

Fred.

[Paul S.]

Here are the six Registrations, as requested  -  assume No. 3 is 84386 rather than 84836, and the last two will appear separately on the next post.                 Sorry not all pix are as clear or sharp as we might like - the mid C19 was a long time ago.

[Paul S.]

and the remaining two..........

[agincourt17]

Thank you very much, Paul - great job done!

You are quite correct regarding my transposition of RD 84386 to RD 84836 - is there a word  for a typing 'spoonerism' ?

Joseph Webb (and Jane Webb &c) pieces are comparatively uncommon, so it may be many years before I get photos of the pieces remaining to fill in their gaps on the GMB RD database, but your pics of the design representations are crucial to that end.

The quality of the pressing and finishing of the documented Webb's glassware was excellent by anyone's standards (especially considering that they were made so early on in the history of British press-moulding) and I look forward to further discoveries from their output.

Fred.

[Paul S.]

yes, in polite circles it's called a 'typo' ............    in less polite company we might say something else.

I had a vague feeling I might have owned or have an example of Rd. 98201  -  will have a look in the sheds.

[agincourt17]

To complement the second of Paul's design representations shown in reply #15 above:
photos of an oval dish from Joseph Webb's RD 114989 of 28 August 1852 - Parcel 2. Measures 24x17x4cm.

(Permission for the re-use of these images on the GMB granted by Gary Holland

[Paul S.]

I like those pix Fred  -  clear glass when in sharp focus against a matte black background does make for a good image.