... At the time somebody on the board - I think it might have been Bernard - said it could be by one of a number of the Stourbridge glasshouses who were using similar patterns at the turn of the century ...
Leni - I can't recall exactly what I said, but the information I was trying to get across was that you cannot attribute by coloured streaks alone. Walsh certainly used them as well as Stuart, so you have to assume that the technique became universally known fairly quickly.
As for "Cairngorm" and "Peacock's Eye" glass, I have found very little in the authoritative sources. "Cairngorm" was certainly used by S&W for a range of cased glass which Dodsworth dates to around 1925. I can't find any authoritative source for the use of the name by Stuart. It could be another name introduced by Bill Heacock. It seems to me unlikely that S&W would use a name already in widespread use by Stuart.
Jackson attributes two colour green peacock's eye glass to Stuart, with an introduction date of around the turn of the century. She also notes a citron and chocolate version which I have not seen. It is not too difficult to find, so it is reasonable to assume that it was in production for a long time, perhaps until the late 1930s. The sources are notably silent on single colour peacock's eye glass, so it could be a cheaper range by Stuart, or by any of a large number of other glass works, including continental glass houses.
Perhaps the most revealing source is Hajdamach. There is a deafening silence on peacock's eye glass, which indicates to me that the author was possibly unhappy with popular attributions, but could not find sufficient primary source material to correct this.
Hajdamach omissions are always interesting.
I am sure that I have seen another relevant source, but cannot find it at present. I would be pleased if anyone reading this could point me in the direction of any primary or authoritative sources I have missed.
Bernard C.
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