Topic: Whitefrairs Woodchester lead crystal clear tumbler? help please.

[brucebanner]

I found  a set of these today, i'm guessing there Powell Woodchester but the pattern differs slightly, lead crystal with a polished pontil and a tiny amount of wear to the base. They hold just slightly under a pint of water so i'm also guessing there not vases.

5 1/2 inches in height, 3 3/8th inches across the rim and 2 3/4 inches across the base.
Any help welcome regards Chris.

[vidrioguapo]

Here's a photo of one I had, looks the same to me

[Paul S.]

guessing, Chris, is less of a requirement if you use the Board's search facility               If you punch in 'powell woodchester' or similar, you should get quite a lot of previous GMB info - and other examples to see.           As Ms. Smith will know far better than me, there is a lot of very interesting background information on the production of these 'woodchester' designs  -  makes for good reading.

congratulations - great to have found a set              Do you have Jackson's softback on Powell/W/Fs?

[brucebanner]

Thanks both, i use the search engine all the time Paul, a  great source of information, guess i did not put a capital W on the Woodchester  bit when i typed it in the search bar.

I have the book (page 113) but the pattern looks different and there is no lead crystal clear version which i thought would have been in the line up somewhere.

The description in the boards search facility has to be word perfect or nothing comes up, it's not like Google allowing idiots like myself the odd typing mistake, regards Chris.

[Paul S.]

it might just be down to the simple fact that coloured examples of glassware look better than clear ones (or flint) in exhibitions and catalogues.
Remember there is a good glossary in Jackson - useful for some interpretations of descriptions/colours etc. - but easy to forget it's there.
Apparently some of the Woodchester shapes were still being produced into the late 1940's - although I notice that Jackson's page 113 refers to dates no later than 1938 for some reason.

One of the members here by the name of Colin gave the following reply to a post of mine some time back when I was discussing an amethyst Woodchester piece..........

""Some background to these designs and their inspiration is given in J. Stuart Daniels' book "The Woodchester Glass House" , Gloucester 1950 and in H.J. Powell's book "Glass-making in England", Cambridge University Press, 1923.  The two-part construction and the folded foot rim are almost certainly based on the archaeological finds, but in this case these reflect French rather than Venetian origins.""

Although have to say that I've yet to get either book.

[Lustrousstone]

The search facility is not case sensitive but the top right search box only searches the section of the board you have open. The best way to search is to click on the search menu in the left-hand main menu bar next to  Rules. Here woodchester pulls up 29 results, at least 10 of which might be relevant. It even makes suggestions in case you've typed it wrong. In this case woodchest er

[Paul S.]

thanks to Christine for good technical explanation  ............    also meant to say that I liked Emmi's example - perhaps sea green, but not sure.

[brucebanner]

Certainly improved my search ability using the main screen home page, thanks Christine.

[chriscooper]

Sea Green for sure Paul