Topic: Stevens and Williams Caerleon?

[Lustrousstone]

Thick clear glass with bubbles, blue and orange frit, and lovely iridescence. 7.25 in tall. I've concluded it could be later Stevens and Williams Caerleon. What do you think please?

[glassobsessed]

Construction would be right, so no reason why not there. Perhaps matching the shape with other S&W production might be a way forward (not found anything suitable after a brief search).

John

[flying free]

is it very heavy for size?
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[Lustrousstone]

Yes - thick glass. Can't tell if it's lead crystal

[chopin-liszt]

dribble.....

If it's not S&W, it's something every bit as good, if not better. I'm itching to get my mitts on it, I bet it feels as wonderful as it looks.

[Paul S.]

if you look at the pieces in Hajdamach page 110 (C20 British Glass), and Jackson page 196 (C20 Factory Glass) - two of which are repeated anyway  -  the blue swirled spatter seems quite a pronounced feature and common to all three pieces.           In Christine's picture I can't see this feature  -  how important is the 'swirl' in terms of provenance for Caerleon  - anyone know??           Attractive piece though - was it sold as Caerleon?

Can't think of where to look for more examples...........there isn't anything in Williams-Thomas, other than a text description.
 

[Lustrousstone]

It wasn't sold as anything, just a vase

[glassobsessed]

how important is the 'swirl' in terms of provenance for Caerleon  - anyone know?? 

Not really would be my read on it, especially as no particular swirl is evident in this one: http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,51557.0.html

Could Christine's be the Caerleon blue mentioned in Hajdamach?

[Lustrousstone]

There's no particular swirl but that's probably an artefact of post-blow working. The heavy iridesence hides the detail of the frit and bubbles in photos. Mine is basically just blown

[Paul S.]

in terms of surface appearance, it's obviously a variable beast  -  but this one is a good looker and am sure Christine is correct with her attribution. 
Incidentally, how is the name pronounced?