Topic: acid etch "S" identification please - ID = Thos Webb - Regency pattern

[selinkyble]

Hello
Can anyone help identify this acid etch on the base of a crystal glass please?

[Paul S.]

hello and welcome to the GMB

If your glass originates within the U.K., then the S is possibly the mark of a pre-war retail store by the name of Stonier who was based in Liverpool  -  see this link
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,6156.msg52512.html#msg52512

If might be worth checking to see if the cut pattern is from Stuart  -more likely than T/Webb - although both manufacturers sold good through this outlet.

If you use the Board's search facility with searches based on the word Stonier, you should get quite a lot of interesting material to read.

should have added..             may we see a picture of the whole glass please  -  preferable with a uniform grey/black background.   thanks.

[selinkyble]

Thanks so much Paul. You are totally awesome!
The pattern is a webb - regency
http://replacements.com/webquote/WETREG.htm

 

[Paul S.]

the impossible we try to do immediately  -  miracles take just a few minutes longer

As you will see if you look through the Board's search, we've had quite a few pieces here with this upper case S, but I think the frequency with which they turn up now is getting a little less  -  they make for a good thematic sort of collection.

Good to see that you've managed to run down the pattern  -  we often draw a blank when trying to locate the name of many cut designs.

[Lustrousstone]

Except the S has no =. I would expect =S= for Stonier. Second perhaps

[Paul S.]

could be wrong, but thought I had seen them without the additional marks - and it may well be the case that the lack of same might indicate a second.

[David E]

I'm sure that -S- indicates a Stuart second, otherwise it's the full word. Stonier I know little about, but thought just S was visible.

[bat20]

I posted a blue Candle stick ,identified as a Webb piece ,with the same S and I think everyone decided it was a second mark and there was a flaw in the rim,are there any obvious flaws in this glass?

[Paul S.]

the clincher would be if this particular cut design was known to originate after the demise of Stonier  -  although have to say I don't know the answer to that  -  but would be conclusive of the S not being connected to Stonier.             Unfortunately, think I've parted with all of my Stonier pieces so really can't now check.

[David E]

Just to clarify, I have a small dish with the Rd No. 681649 acid-etched and =S=. I felt sure this was a Stuart second as the glass has a few bubbles and would certainly have been rejected as a first.