Topic: Large speckled blown bowl. ID = Webb Corbett

[WhatHo!]

Hi guys, I purchased this bowl from an antiques fair yesterday, I took a bit of a gamble as I wasn't sure who made it. It was one of those ones where you think it must be something good, well hopefully
It is 10" across and heavy at just over 2kg.
It is thickly cased on the inside in yellowy glass, or rather the first gather was a ball of yellow glass. You can clearly see this line of casing from the top view pic. I think it has then rolled in silver choride (I might be wrong there, it could be some sort of dark yellow glass powder) then in frit applied. The frit is red and blue but because it has been thinly cased on the outside in yellow the blue frit looks green. You can see this where the pontil has been ground into the frit.
The base has a large, almost 3" pontil which is smooth but not highly polished. The base has been put on the flattening disc which has produced a flat 1/2" ring around the pontil and this area shows plenty of age related wear.
Any ideas? Tia, Wolfie

[flying free]

The first thing that springs to mind is Webb Corbett for some reason.

It does remind me slightly of their Agate Flambe but I don't know enough about it nor have seen enough pieces to know if the colour is laid on in the same way.  I have one piece and the colour is laid on differently to yours.  But still, that is what springs to mind, so might be worth searching a little on that angle.

m

[chopin-liszt]

I have Strathearn stuck in my brain. I don't think the base is right, but I might be wrong.
What shape is the profile? Is there aventurine in it?

[WhatHo!]

I wondered if it might be Scottish? There is no adventurine in it. I think Webb would have polished the pontil? Another point is that I'm sure it is lead crystal.

[chopin-liszt]

 
It would have helped if it did have aventurine. It looks less Strathearn-y now I see the profile, but it's the patterning of the colours that's gone awry, not the shape.

[flying free]

this was posted as a 'STeuben or STevens williams moss agate ' and I'm pretty sure it's a Webb Corbett Agate flambe.
https://new.liveauctioneers.com/item/5715143

think it's a similar shape to your bowl and similar colouring.
And yes, I'm pretty sure yours is a Webb Corbett Agate Flambe

(caveat - obvs I could be wrong - hopefully someone else will confirm that id   )

m

[WhatHo!]

I have checked pics of Agate Flambe and it looks too blue, its apparent supposed to look like the semi-precious stone blue john. I think it might be this Moss Agate by Stevens & Williams. It is defo the same maker as this,
http://www.stylendesign.co.uk/guidepages/ehtom1.html

[WhatHo!]

These say Webb Corbett :/ Hhhmmmmm https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/fieldings-auctioneers-ltd/catalogue-id-srfi10014/lot-257a4409-994d-4fd5-8bdc-a42f00715541

[flying free]

Webb Corbetts Agate Flambe came in two kinds of colours - yours and a purply base colour.

edited to add: And yes, those vases are the same decor as your bowl.

 Stevens and Williams Moss Agate is different.

m

[flying free]

see my post above this one and also from Charles Hajdamach's 20th Century British Glass:
page 111 plate 217 shows those vases from the Saleroom link you gave, in their taller versions but otherwise identical including the oddly angled base profile.
the plate was issued in the 1920s by Webb Corbett for their 'Agate Flambe, The New English Art Glass'.

Which I think is the confirmation that your bowl is indeed Webb Corbett Agate Flambe