Just bought this lovely glass lighting/ architectural panel on ebay. I haven't received it yet but the seller gives the dimensions as 37 by 17 cms. The panel is marked 'G R' which can just be made out on the first image below.
I'm wondering if this is one of the Vesta lighting pieces designed by Walter Gilbert for Walsh Walsh? I have heard of other pieces from the range apparently marked 'G. Sc. R. Fecit', while Phillip Medhurst's
Works Arranged and Executed by Walter Gilbert lists several pieces seemingly referenced in an original Walsh Walsh catalogue, all of which have pattern numbers GR XX. The only squirrel design I can find though is GR 5A which is described as 'squirrel and pine cones' and is an 8 inch square panel rather than this long design with oak leaves and acorns.
However this panel seems very much in keeping with the few images of Vesta lighting that I can find, and I could see it fitting into a lamp not unlike this:
http://blackcountryhistory.org/collections/getrecord/DMUSE_BH2268/ It also has some similarities with this panel I bought a while ago which I still suspect may be Walsh Walsh despite the absence of any mark:
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,49953.msg282146.html#msg282146Any further thoughts would be much appreciated!
Thank you!
The images come from the original ebay listing and are used with kind permission from the seller
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