A couple of recent posts in British Glass have discussed the Harrods 1934 exhibition, which showcased designs produced by contemporary artists, and with the glass being made by Stuart & Sons.
In the course of looking at the few pieces that can be found in the more easily available books, I became aware of a comment in the small booklet produced by Jeanete Hayhurst and Nigel Benson 'Art Deco To Post Modernism', that has me confused.
The comment appears to indicate that - during the period that William Wilson was at W/Fs. (from about 1933 I believe) - the colour 'gold amber' wasn't a W/Fs. colour' - the full wording of the comment is on page 12 in the booklet and forms part of the caption for the Stuart bowl, item No. 31.
However, according to Leslie Jackson, some of the most attractive cut and moulded pieces from this factory were produced in 'gold amber' according to designs by William Willson, during the 1930 and 1940 period.
Unfortunately, images in the 'Art Deco......' booklet are in black and white only, but the booklet caption does describe the colour of Stuart bowl No. 31 as 'gold amber', but says that this wasn't a W/Fs. colour.
According to Jackson, the decription 'gold amber' became the standard name for this colour after the 1914 - 18 war, and remained so until 1949 when it was changed slightly to 'golden amber' - apparently the colour was dropped completely after 1962, and 'tangerine' emerged in 1969 (but just to confuse things a 'bright golden amber' was re-introduced in 1978).
So hope either Nigel or one of the other knowledgeable people are able to clarify for me - quite likely I'm being Mr. Thicky and probably I've mis-understood something somewhere along the line:)
Ref. 'Whitefriars Glass - The Art of James Powell & Sons' - Edited by Leslie Jackson - produced 1996 to accompany the Museum of London exhibition.