but there's time yet perhaps
…...……………………..... unfortunately, the Board presently appears to lack the level of activity of recent years, and of previous members who perhaps valued a more academic enthusiasm, of whom Bernard was a prime example - of that there's certainly no doubt. On the other hand there were past members who were unable to find sufficient tolerance toward his brusque and arrogant attitude, and who departed the GMB for that reason. Judging by your own post back in 2006 - showing in the link you've added - you've been a member longer than me, so you must remember some of those I've mentioned.
From memory, Bernard excelled in the area of pressed glass - fortunately we have some hard working folk here who also have maintained very good work in that area, so perhaps Bernard's absence hasn't been too detrimental, but it must be admitted that his work on this particular subject was a first.
So how do we resolve this question about the S on T.W. wares ...……….. perhaps we now can't. The manufacturers of whom we speak, and the Liverpool Department store are no longer, and locating their archives seems difficult. Bernard obviously considered that it was common knowledge that "S" was Stonier's approved back stamp for cut glass wares from Stuart - bit unfortunate that Stonier and Stuart have the same initial letter - and logic might dictate that the same backstamp on T.W. had to mean Stonier also.
Re-reading the 2006 thread in it's entirety, doesn't appear to show clearly the source of Bernard's provenance for some of the information, though again I might have missed something - I'm not doubting the accuracy of his conclusions - but it would have helped us for future searching if a source for information was quoted. Perhaps it's a failing of human nature to assume that others know as much as we do, so why bother to over egg the amount of information we give.
Topic: Trying to identify Glass etch mark S (Read 2311 times)
