Topic: sapphire glass

[essi]

The blue in emmi smiths w/f  wanabees look very close, but what about the swags and mould pattern. ?

[chriscooper]

The Webb moulding more square or so they say? 

http://www.glassyeye.com/glasspages/brit-webb.html

[Lustrousstone]

Definitely
http://lustrousstone.co.uk/cpg/displayimage.php?pid=1759
so not Webb

[Paul S.]

Emmi's W/Fs link to a blue water jug and tumbler shows what I believe is Webb's Ribbonette  -  and although not an easy pattern to capture on the camera  -  looks something like the attached.          It is in fact shown in Hajdamach - C20 Glass - page 54.

[Paul S.]

the point being that the lines used to create the pattern are strainght, and not curved as in the swags of this blue one.

[essi]

Thanks once again for your input on this posting,I wish there something more I could contribute.
In the paul s posting the webbs ribbonette glass seems to have a six sided mould mark,so that's not exclusive to w/friars ,maybe ?
Thanks again.

[Littleblackhen]

I have just bought a set of 6 of these blue swagged tumblers.  I have had a close look at the Ribbonette advert in 20th Century Glass, and I think that the swags on that are much more in a V shape than the swags on my tumblers.  Also the tumblers in that set appear to be flared towards the rim, whereas mine are more straight sided, with only a gentle outwards slope all the way from the bottom.

[essi]

Nice find,Ibet they look smart together.
Are you leaning towards a W/Friars I D ?
Will take my one to the glass fair and ask johnphillip to cast his expert eye over it.
thanks for the input.

[Littleblackhen]

There is picture  in Lesley Jackson's Whitefriars glass book, fig 172 page 70, from the Thomas Webb Catalogue 1930-31 showing a set called the Pitcher Suite.  Although there are no matching water glasses to the pitcher shown, there is one on a tumble up that looks very similar to my set.  Unfortunately the picture isn't terribly clear.  Does anyone have any of this set to compare?

I would be very interested to hear what John Phillip says, Essi, thanks