Topic: Trying to identify Glass etch mark S

[nocross]

I came across a set of liqueur glasses with an "S" etch marked on the base. I have been unable to find any sign of who may have manufactured the glass and was wondering if the knowledge of many may be able to help.
Since the purchase of the liqueur glasses I've also found some sherry and wine glasses in the same pattern.

[catshome]

Hello and welcome.  Please add a picture of the whole piece, taken against a plain background.

First thoughts is this is likely to be a Stuart Stonier piece - made by Stuart for John Stonier.  If you use the search button at the top of the board to search Stuart stonier, you will find quite a lot of information about these pieces.

[keith]

I have a Webb piece with an 'S' mark to the base, it's on the green lidded pot.

[Paul S.]

Hi Keith  -  so likely do you think that the Liverpool store sold T.W. material as well as Stuart  -  would seem to be a not unreasonable assumption.

[keith]

Could be I suppose, hasn't this 'S' mark been on the GMB before ?

[Paul S.]

yes, though you'd be far more up-to-date than me on this subject.           I'm aware that there is the Stonier connection re Stuart, but unsure as to whether the same connection - regarding the S - applied to T.W. also 

[catshome]

Here is just one of the threads discussing the "S" mark.  Bernard's comments were particularly helpful with regard to John Stonier history.

https://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,6156.0.html

Ideally, we need to see the whole piece to be able to confirm whether it is a Stuart pattern.  I did also read that, rarely, an "S" mark was used which related to Stourbridge.  Another member commented that "S" might relate to seconds.

[Paul S.]

thanks for the link  -  I seem to recall seeing this a long time back.              However, coming forward to this thread, I understood that Keith is now saying he also has the S on a piece of T.W. - the green lidded pot - so the mark is on something that isn't Stuart - or am I losing the plot?

[keith]

The pot is in perfect condition, no lumps, bumps or cracks so not a second, the mark is also on one of the green half pint tankards.

[catshome]

Paul no plot lost as yet......the link was really for the OP.  Keith's pieces just make it more interesting!  I don't know whether Thomas Webb made anything for Stonier, but they were Stourbridge too, so whether that links into the other comment I read about an S mark for Stourbridge, or not, remains to be investigated.  I do miss Bernard.