Topic: Plinth profiles - names or short descriptions for the curves

[Bernard C]

There are three regular curves forming the sloping side profiles of many English pressed glass plinths.    These are (with examples):-

1.  Curved hills with sharpish valleys between, like the Marlborough Downs (Sowerby 2536 type I, illustrated in Bowey & Parsons).

2.  A smooth serpentine shape (Sowerby 2536 type II).

3.  Curved valleys with sharpish ridges between, like the glacial valleys of the English Lake District (medium Bagley Queen's Choice plinth, illustrated in Bowey & Parsons).

There must be a more succinct way of describing these shapes.   Any ideas?

Bernard C. 

NB 1. "Scalloped" should mean curve type 2 if mirroring the edge shape of a real scallop shell, but I think the term could encompass all three curves, so it may not be useful.

NB 2. My "First Paperback Edition" of Bagley Glass by Bowey & Parsons, dated 2004, has the photographs at the top of page 25 and in the middle of page 21 respectively.   Note that a later edition may have different page numbering.