Topic: Webb Wellington - Engravers name.

[Gowdod]

Dear All,

here's a toughie; there is no signature but engraved upon a large Webb Wellington Punch Bowl is a birds and a mountain scene. Would anybody be able to advance ideas as to who the engraver may have been?

With kind regards

Andrew

[Gowdod]

Also anybody know the type of bird? Sparrowhawk?
Thanks

Andrew

[Lustrousstone]

That's lovely. Is is marked Webb? I think your birds are pheasants, definitely not raptors. My local sparrowhawk would eat them for lunch

[Gowdod]

Dear Sue.

No Webb acid etched mark at all...unless they have hidden it! I keep looking for something...Nothing on the base which they usually have though below missing it too.

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Thomas-Webb-Crystal-WELLINGTON-Large-Trumpet-Vase-41-5cms-16-1-4-tall-/172106795563?hash=item28125d4a2b


Is that a Scottish or Japonsesque style of finish of the mountain and blossoms? Any views on age?

BTW am still unsure if even pheasants. 
 
Glass...you've got to love it.

Kind Regards

Andrew

[Anne Tique]

I'd say pheasants in Japan ... or Japanese pheasants ...

[Gowdod]

 

[Lustrousstone]

Sue!!  So how did you decide on Webb and Wellington?

[chopin-liszt]

Maybe he's getting you and me mixed up, Christine.
I'm always happy to be mixed with you.

[Gowdod]

Dear Christine,

  opps....sorry.

Webb and Wellington from the cutting pattern to the main body on the back of the piece.

I often use replacement.com as a guide too...they list one here.

http://search.replacements.com/search/?query=webb+wellington&i=24&p=24

Kind Regards

Andrew

[Anne]

Asiatic pheasants are a commonly seen motif on blue and white pottery, so perhaps someone wanted glass to match?