Topic: Keith Murray? webbs lemonade glass help please.

[brucebanner]

I have found three of these recently, from what i have found out there is an almost identical shape at a recent glass fair attributed to Royal Brierley, similar shape and exact size. I know he worked for Royal Brierley freelance so i'm wondering if he worked for Webbs, step cut with a lovely lead crystal ring and signed with the circa 1930's Webbs stamp. The various glass companies copied each other so maybe it was a direct ripoff?.

Any thoughts welcome.

http://cambridgeglassfair.com/CambridgeGF/exhibitors/benson.htm

7 7/8th inches in height, the odd seed in the glass with lots of distortion.

[Paul S.]

Hi Chris  -  your suggestion may well be correct, but perhaps some caution needed in making the connection with R/Brierley, based on the shape only  -  this tall almost sundae-like shape was fairly common in the 1930 - 40 period.
I suspect that Nigel Benson's attribution of his piece to Murray may well be based on documented evidence of the decoration/engraving only, rather than the shape of the piece - despite the dimensions of the two pieces being the same.

Horizontal, or at least semi-horizontal cutting of some kind - like yours - was a not uncommon style of cutting in the period mentioned, and for some while afterwards  -  I think Stuart used something similar ish on stems of their glasses.            I have looked through my limited literature on cut/decorated glass from that period but wasn't aware of seeing this particular decoration from Murray/R.B.
There are some well know vases etc. that use horizontal slash cuts in an abstract way.

Nigel seems not to join us these days  - a pity  -  he is such a fount/font of knowledge.       However, fingers crossed, someone may pop in yet, and confirm your thoughts.