Topic: Harbridge cut tumblers.

[bat20]

Hi all,a new name for me and when I first picked them up I thought they may be an Irish firm,but no they are Stourbridge,does anyone know the date of this style of ,I guess water tumblers,many thanks.they are about 9.5 cm in ht.

[chopin-liszt]

According to Nigel and Jeanette's booklet;

"This short-lived firm existed from 1924 to 1966, having the second world war curtail their production within that period." They later became absorbed by Webb and Corbett, after a short while of having leased space from them.

If I say any more, I'll be copying out the whole lot of the info in the leaflet!

I have a footed jam dish, it was my Grandma's and so it has sentimental value for me. It too has a wealth of diamond shaped cuts all over it, but it has always fascinated me how the diamond shapes are all differing sizes and of different angles - they are all shaped around the rounded and flared shape of the bowl, the detail in the work is quite amazing. Complicated and difficult stuff.

Do the shapes and sizes of your diamonds all vary to accommodate the shape of the tumbler?

[Paul S.]

I don't believe it................   went to post and got the red mist again.

so won't say what I was going to say............ other than the obvious............   use the Boards search facility and you'll find a fair few entries of interest.

As for waisted tumblers, these have been around for eons - this is just another instance of copying.

[bat20]

Thanks very much for the replies,I did look them up before posting and found it all very interesting,i couldn't find much about being able to date their glass,only a short period I know,and perhaps they made this design all the way through?yes I have seen waisted tumblers before Paul and for some reason I've always imagined they're for water,are you saying they could be for whiskey?

[Paul S.]

no I wasn't - but yes you could             in fact anything can be for whiskey.

I've a feeling though that tumblers specifically for spirit are usually thickish and heavy bottomed  -  sounds like some of the girls I know

[bat20]

If I said that in my house Paul my post would be in a very high tone

[bat20]

Apologies Sue,I've just re read your post and yes they do very slightly,getting smaller towards the perfectly proportioned bottoms.

[Paul S.]

now that is an ass - et.                     only joking of course, I hope none of the ladies was offended  -  think I might have had Queen's track in mind about large bottomed girls.

Nigel and Jeanette's booklet is a must if you're into cut modernist and post-modernist glass from the start of the deco period up until the 1960's.
Not easy to find though I don't think.