Topic: Whitefriars confirmation please.

[Lustrousstone]

Rims can be fire polished with a gas flame  - that is how they do it at Dartington. They have a special machine for their wine glasses. It may not work so well with thicker glass

[bat20]

Who's Pete? ???mines defo soda glass and i think Anne was saying the Wf folk said they were pontilless , but did make crystal ones of that shape with a pontil.

[bat20]

Thanks for the photo Anne,the shape looks the same,the tops are both 2.5 inches,heights are close yours 6.75 inches and mine just under 7,the base on yours 2 inches and mine 3.25 inches.Mine has no ring to it and is very light.

[Paul S.]

apologies - obviously I'm petering out           although still confused as to why you were asking for maker of Anne's example when it had already been attributed to W/Fs

[bat20]

Yes i think i need a lie down ,i didn't get Annes post at first ,but i think her's is crystal and mine is soda,or is it?or have the Wf"s lot got it wrong.

[johnphilip]

They made several changes on that range and others  , the glass and the way they were made is all I was saying the ones that were to become lamps were probably different again . They were constantly changing things to keep the cost down as the competition got harder so if they found a way to reduce costs bingo . They still went bust .

[glassobsessed]

By coincidence handled another of these vases today, in lead crystal rather than soda glass, the difference in weight is striking. The crystal variant was quite a bit thicker walled too and of course had a polished pontil mark.

John