Topic: Wave-Ribbed Bowl - Neither Whitefriars Nor Webb

[Pinkspoons]

Bit of a condundrum with this bowl, as it's by neither of the two noted makers of wave-ribbed wares.

The quality is very ho-hum, with LOTS of frit, bubbles, striations, etc... and it also has a 'fake' pontil mark that is just a moulded indent. Faced with just these facts, I'd be quite tempted to say that it's fairly new, except that there's quite a bit of convincing wear on it and the glass doesn't 'feel' very new (hard to quantitate - but I know what I mean!  )

H= 10cm / 4"
D=26cm / 10.25"

Any clues?

(Apologies for the grainy pics - my lighting equipment is buried under a mound of decorating stuff so I had to rely on very grey daylight)

[Anne]

No idea who made them Nic, but my Mum has a set of small bowls in the same pattern / colour with the same base. Hers look like the small bowls from a fruit set - so I guess yours could be the server from the same. I'd agree with your comments re quality and age - they aren't up to Whitefriars / Webb standards.

[Pinkspoons]

Cheers for taking a look, Anne. At least now I know it was meant to be a functional piece (would likely (hopefully) explain the crusty gunge that was in it when I bought it). 

[Cathy B]

Are there urn-shaped vases in the same pattern? I think I've seen one before - there was somewhere on the Whitefriars.org list of early auction results, but I can't find it for peanuts. They had it in the auction results by mistake. What distinguished it was the moulded indent in the base and the vertical ribs between the waves.

I wondered whether it might be related to this beastie, given the look of the base? Maybe not though, since Paul's bowl is even lumpier and thicker.