Topic: CUT GLASS BOWL - CZECH?

[vidrioguapo]

Beautiful cut glass bowl 17 cms diameter at rim, and 7 cms tall.  Was originally thought to be by William Wilson of Whitefriars ( 30s era) but a discussion there is not conclusive.  So any help much appreciated.

It is a deep "Sapphire" blue ( looks lighter in the photos) and it's a real stunner.







The base has a "well" but also has a polished pontil mark (unusual?) Flat ground polished rim.

Here's the thread on www.whitefriars.com  which as you will see was strted 2 years ago!

http://www.whitefriars.com/bb_orig/viewtopic.php?t=2340&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=50

[heartofsklo]

Im no expert but from the images it looks as if it is pressed glass and not cut.

[Bernard C]

Emmi — In your second photograph there's what looks like an inside corner — impossible to cut with a wheel.

Bernard C. 

[vidrioguapo]

The general opinion on whitefriars.com is that these are cut, and it certainly "feels" cut to me as there are some very sharp edges to the designs. If you look through the thread link in my first post, perhaps the photos presented by other members there of the same "cut" design on a vase and another bowl, will give a better idea. 

[Cathy B]

Bernard and Emmi - Can you you indicate where the inside corner is? I can't make it out.

[vidrioguapo]

I can't help Cathy..........can't see it either and it's my bowl!!!!

[Ohio]

After seeing this I have a question regarding a vanity set I've had for some time. It appears to be at least a close relative of the bowl pictured only its a complete vanity set. Ignore the perfume as its Czech & I only added it because the color matched & I thought the set was Czech (minus the perfume when I picked it up). Ken

[vidrioguapo]

There are three vases in a publication produced by The Country Seat, Wilson of Whitefriars,  with the same design.  They are described as deeply cut, William Wilson design, cut by Albert Tubby.
Now there is some doubt as to whether they are by Whitefriars, but I would think it unlikely they would be described as "deeply cut" if they are pressed?  So, I am confused.

[sectioned106]

The photographs may be deceptive to those who have not seen such examples in the flesh as it were.

The area of uncertainty rests in the maker rather than how they were made, (hence reviving an old nagging doubt it seems about whether they are made by whitefriars or not).

Having regard to the whitefriars.com thread, what I find quite surprising is that no-one appears to have come forward with an example of the chalk drawn design.

Has anyone got one?!

(I don't know the origins to that illustration; is it supposed to be a catalogued production design or just an artist's doodle taken from a sketch book?).

[Cathy B]

To me it looks like a mould blown base (hence the pontil mark and well on the base), with some nice, deep cutting.