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Offline Helen W.

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Inter-war British vase
« on: September 25, 2018, 10:22:56 AM »
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I think this vase with external ribbing may be a 1930s Stevens and Williams product, judging by design, the bottle green colour (not as yellow as shown - it's a slightly darker, more neutral green) and the large ground and polished pontil mark. The lady who sold it to me thought initially that it might be Webb, but changed her mind. I don't think it's Webb either, but any thoughts would be appreciated.

Since my camera is in hospital, I had to borrow one for the photos below, and I couldn't get the pontil mark into proper focus.

Dimensions: 6.5" high; 7.25" rim diameter; 4.25" foot diameter. 

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Re: Inter-war British vase
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2018, 10:57:41 AM »
Is it uranium glass?

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Re: Inter-war British vase
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2018, 11:05:18 AM »
It's not uranium glass.

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Re: Inter-war British vase
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2018, 12:58:26 PM »
Stuart maybe ?

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Re: Inter-war British vase
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2018, 01:04:07 PM »
Thanks, Keith. I take it you don't think it fits in with S&W production? Once again, I bow to your extensive knowledge here. ;D

I don't have a lot of information about Stuart in this period, apart from the Hajdamach and Dodsworth 20thC books. Is there anything else I could be reading?

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Re: Inter-war British vase
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2018, 03:04:57 PM »
IMO, if the period is correct I think you can rule out Webb, S&W and Richardson, as I would excpect them to be uranium glass. If the period is wrong, who knows

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Re: Inter-war British vase
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2018, 03:54:22 PM »
Thanks, Christine, I hadn't realised that. It's quite a dark green though, despite the photos. It just looks so much like the S&W bottle green of the thirties. If not, the vase could be earlier than I first thought. I doubt it's post-war, but I'm happy for someone to tell me otherwise. 

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« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2018, 06:00:27 PM »
Maybe their bottle green wasn't uranium. It was just a thought

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Re: Inter-war British vase
« Reply #8 on: September 27, 2018, 12:06:10 PM »
I forgot to mention that the vase gives a beautiful and extraordinarily sustained ring when tapped, even more so than my few pieces of pre-war Powell glass.

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