Topic: Blue bubbly, Britain or elsewhere in Europe?

[Frank]

Bright blue about 8" (200mm) high. Well made with applied foot. Astonishingly bright colour, probably 20s-50s.

[Lustrousstone]

It looks very Walsh Walsh Pompeian. Colour looks good and is that an oversize ground out and polished pontil, but not necessarily perfectly round? It might be marked but I'm not sure it has to be marked. Late 20s/early 30s

[Bernard C]

Christine — I had a 1 + 6 Pompeian fruit set which had an interesting run of marks from quite strong to completely disappeared, suggesting that the girl (presumably) lined them all up upside down, acided (presumably, as ink becomes inked, so acid becomes acided) her rubber stamp, and then bonk bonk bonk bonk .... down the row — the impression getting fainter with every bonk.   Also, until quite recently, there were always trade buyers who did not want their glass marked, such as buyers for John Lewis, Marks & Spencer, and Liberty's.

Frank — Although I prefer to handle unmarked Pompeian before committing myself, it looks like Pompeian to me.

Bernard C. 

[Frank]

Thanks folks  :clap:

[Bernard C]

Frank — See Jackson WF Lookalikes for four pages of deceptive repro "Bubbly" aimed at the antiques trade, mostly available in "Sapphire", most of which is obviously Walsh Pompeian.   You can find some in the pattern books reproduced in Reynolds.

These pages are reproduced from Hill Ouston 1934, and don't include your vase, but it would not surprise me if your vase was on another page or in another edition of this trade catalogue.   Quite obviously deceptive repro was (or should have been) unmarked.

Bernard C. 

[nigel benson]

Bernard,

I love the explanation of the acid stamping, but I am doubtful that a set would be stamped, kept together and then packed.

It doesn't stand up to my (admitted limited) experience of going around glass factory production where the different processes occurred within different sections. The bowls would go onto a stack, probably on a trolley, whilst the next was being stamped, then added to until they are wheeled onto the next process, or going into storage. Packing usually being seperate and the last process nearest the ditribution point.

I would have thought the matching bowls were more likely picked off the stock shelve seperately and it was a coincidence, but I guess different factories, different methods

I agree with the probable attribution of Walsh 'Pompeian', but thought that I could add nothing worthwhile to the first reply.

Nigel

[Frank]

I have a lot of the H-O catalogues and was aware this type of glass was in there Bernard - unfortunately I am still unable to access them - when I do, I will see if this shape is in one of them.  Thanks for the reminder.