Topic: Confirmation of a Webbs bowl please,

[keith]

The one on the right is marked Webbs,is the amber one,unmarked, what is known as 'Venetian Swirl'?Keith.

[keith]

Sorry,that should say ,the one on the left is marked Webbs,doh!Keith.

[johnphilip]

I thought i had lost it the Amber on the right is Whitefriars in my mind . jp

[Greg.]

The Webb bowl is one of Webbs optic-moulding designs, inter war and post war production.

[keith]

The mark on the amethyst bowl is the Webbs England mark for c.1950-1966 the same as this piece(bulls-eye?)so I presumed the swirl was of the same date,Keith.

[Leni]

I'm with John on this.  The Amber swirl bowl in your first picture is Whitefriars.  I have one in Ruby, and saw one in Sea Green at Cambridge yesterday in 'The Country Seat' display.  It's not in the catalogues, but is a variant of pattern number 8266 shown in the 1938 and 1940 catalogues.

Here's my Ruby one:

[keith]

Right,not Webbs then,oh well another addition to the Whitefriars collection,ta Keith.

[keith]

Been trawling through WF's catalogue how do you know it's a variant,a lot of posts on that site don't think it is WF's.According to 'Art Feat and Mystery'(Story of Webbs) in the 1930's they produced a range called 'Gay glass' including,in amber, 'Venetian Ripple' 'Plain' and 'Bullseye' which I presumed is the one I posted,not all Webbs is marked I believe, so am I just banging my head against a glass wall or what???Help!Keith.

[nigel benson]

Keith,

The amber one is Whitefrairs. Gay glass by Webb's is not that colour/shade of amber. See BGbtW edited by Dodsworth for Webbs 'Gay' ware.

Emmi is pretty good on her W/F's attributions, especially when it comes to giving the pattern numbers

You are right that Webbs is not always marked though 

You know, it occurs to me that a book of pointers to young collectors could sell very well.....trouble is it could also encourage a lot of competitors

Stop trying to confuse yourself. Soaking up information takes a while, and depends on the individual how fast it is, but sadly it always takes time in my experience - personal and watching others!! Stop banging your head against that wall

Nigel

[keith]

Ok,I give in to superior knowledge,I take it BGbtW stands for British Glass before the war?Thanks to all,have learnt plenty in the weeks since joining the GMB and it seems there is much,much more,always willing to learn,ta,Keith.