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Thomas Webb 'Ripple' in blue

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Paul S.:
just for interest really  -  this blue from T/Webb appears uncommon  -  and I've only one other small piece in this colour - is it possible this was the last colour the factory produced, after the greens, amethysts, amber and uranium variations etc.?            The backstamp also differs slightly in size and style from other backstamps from T/Webb.
Not one of their biggest bowls, but quite a chunky thing at something like 7.75" (200mm).

keith:
Like the colour,very much like the piece in the pic' below,I've not seen a mark like that one before,as you say maybe late production, ;D

Paul S.:
thanks Keith  -  it seems they had just this one shade of blue, and I'm sure it's late production.

nigel benson:
Nice find - That's lovely Paul  :)

Funnily enough I bought a black footed one with a clear bowl, the same shape as yours last week. Not as striking as your .....but might be once it's been de-bloomed  ;)

I haven't checked, but isn't the pattern called 'Cascade'?

Nigel

 

Paul S.:
thanks Nigel.            I've just compared this with W/Fs sanctuary blue, which I think on balance is perhaps a little more of a softer blue blue, if you know what I mean  -  this T/Webb colour looks a little harsh in comparison - not quite so appealing at the W/Fs colour.

Thanks for the correction on the pattern, my apologies - you're correct - and this one is indeed 'cascade'..........it has some similarity to the 'horizontal wave' pattern although with that design the lines are spaced further apart and the undulations are less intense.
All of these T/Webb decorative designs can be seen (in b. & w.) on pages 432 and 433 of Charles Hajdamach's book 'British Glass 1800 - 1914' - I should read the books more often. :)

According to Hajdamach (the author's book on C20 Glass, page 141), 'Venetian Ripple', and I quote, "is known in the trade as heavy pillar mould" .................   which if you look again at page 432 in the earlier book under 'pillar', seems not to be rippling ;D.           However, apparently 'pillar' is also known sometimes in a round/twisted form...........so guess that's possibly where the reference comes from.

Of course, I could be very wrong, in which case someone correct me.

thanks again. 

 

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