hmmm ......... my opinion is no, Anne - your vertical waves look too neat and symmetrical and don't appear to match Charles Hajdamach's reproduction of T/Webb's Water Wave. On the other hand, there is another pattern in Charles Hajdamach - I've not seen in the flesh - which the factory called moire, and this has neatly spaced vertical waves more like your tumbler.
Regarding Webb's optical surface effects, Mr. Hajdamach comments "......Rough thumb-nail sketches of these effects, when applied, for example, in the making of tumblers, show the varied and extensive range of patterns, but it should be noted that such patterns can become very distorted when applied to a great variety of shapes"
He is presumably saying what most of us discover at some point, and that is the difficulty of differentiating some patterns when seen in the flesh.
In his book, the illustration of Water Wave appears to be a more random pattern than the tumbler you've just posted - so I think there is a good chance yours is Moire.
In fact the only two patterns with truly continuously vertical lines are Water and Moire. Maybe the dip moulds became worn or the mould makers didn't stick very accurately to the drawings, plus it's not always easy to see pattern outlines on clear glass.
Would help if someone has a piece with positive id of Water that they might show.
Coming back to Honeycomb versus Fircone, the illustrations in Hajdamach are not too helpful in my opinion - at a quick look they appear very similar.
Perhaps we should add positively identified and known patterns to the Board's Thomas Webb shape and colour guide.
Topic: Possible Webb 'honeycomb' ? (Read 1228 times)
