Topic: W or M in pontil mark ID please. ID = William Walker

[Sueearnshaw]

I won a cased blown studio glass vase at an auction and would like to know who the maker is. It has either a W or an M stamped in the pontil and is signed with an engraving tool around the edge of the base, although I can't make out the signature. Any help greatly appreciated

[chopin-liszt]

Hi and welcome.
An image of the piece and of the marks would help a great deal.
I am wondering if you might be lucky enought to have won a piece by Allistair Malcolm. He uses a pontil mark stamp with a stylised AM in it, and signs pieces around the edges.

I'm afraid the information you have given us is not very much to be going on. 

There's a whole load of techie info about how to post imagesto the board, here.

http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,34093.0.html

[Sueearnshaw]

I'm afraid I'm not very tech minded, I've used an image resizer I use for emailing so I hope that works. The mark is only an M or W, depends which way up you hold it, not AM so I suspect it's not Allistair Malcolm

[chopin-liszt]

Oh dear, that is not easy to read or to photograph, is it?
Normally, rubbing a little talc over the mark can bring it up, but not against a white background.
Do you have any coloured chalk that could be used?
Or perhaps rub a soft pencil lead over it, sideways, like a brass-rubbing, to help?
Also, an image of the whole piece would help. Some of us might recognise the work.

Your image is grand, thak-you!

[Sueearnshaw]

Sorry I put 3 images on I guess only one showed up. Here is the pontil mark. I'll post a 2nd reply with the main picture. Meanwhile I'll see what I have to enhance the signature

[Sueearnshaw]

Now the whole thing

[Sueearnshaw]

Ok finally here's the signature

[chopin-liszt]

 
My brain has got itself stuck in a loop trying to read the last bit as Hough. There is a reknowned artist, Catherine Hough, but I can't think why she would be working in a studio that uses a W or M prunt mark.

Thank-you for all your work on the photos and for bringing the signature up so well. It really does help a lot!

I just hope somebody else does recognise whose work this is and knows the mark and signature. Have a little patience, they'll find it. We don't give up here.

[flying free]

I hesitate to even say it after the comments I received on one thread where I suggested it, but William Walker might be the signature.
The trails and the same colour splotches can be seen on other of his vases.
And the style looks like it could be his as does the shape.
However, I am totally unsure where the impressed letter on the pontil mark comes in as I think it is an M not a W.
So it could be a red herring.

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[flying free]

ok, I've just thought of someone else ... I think it also could be a Liam Carey piece from Merlin Glass Liskeard as a possible?

I've no idea why but Liskeard Glass as was, used an impressed pontil mark and so I thought of them when I saw this.
So perhaps it is an M for Merlin Glass Liskeard?

I don't know how they are signed though (and whether the sig is illegible)

Looking at their pieces there is a vase on there in the current range that is a similar shape.
http://www.merlinglass.co.uk/merlin-glass-product-view.php?product=67
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