Topic: Sessionist/Bauhaus/Weiner Werksatte? Opaline, enamelled candlesticks ID = S&W

[LEGSY]

 
Wow very pleased obviously with my recent new glass piece at
present i am trying top fathom it out i have seen a similar piece
which had sold on Sarah ovans glass site described as 1920's
Sessionist and another site has a large bowl also similar but described
as Bohemian so not much further on with an attribution. I believe it is
opaline glass with a silky heavy weight to it and the black is all hand
enameled on the figures the brushstrokes can be seen the base has wear
and there is a etched numbers or words inside which i can not make out
They measure 9" by 4.5" at the base.. The way they sit and look leads me to
think they are super pieces really opulent but i realize this is only my opinion and they are in
front of me and you can't touch them....Would anybody hazard a guess at date
or origin on these if possible thank you so much

[LEGSY]

more pictures

[Greg.]

Around 4 years or so ago I contacted the Passau Museum as I use to own a large shallow alabaster bowl with the same enamelled decoration, at the time Passau simply classed my bowl as 'Haida School'.

Separately some months later a collector very kindly confirmed that my bowl is actually shown in the 1917 Stevens & Williams Catalogue and decorated by Capewell!
Interesting, my bowl is engraved to the base with the ''Patent No. 109201/17''. - This patent specifically relates to a design for a combined 'stand and lamp' which my bowl would have sat upon to be displayed rather than the company that produced my bowl. However, interestingly, the Patent was registered in 1917, which would also tie in nicely with the Stevens & Williams catalogue reference.

So seemingly S&W they are and decorated by Capewell circa 1917.

[LEGSY]

 
Thank you so much
Fieldings sold a small bowl a year or two ago in the same
pattern also described as Will capewell who was a enamel
decorator at the time i think for S&W so lovely to have a hunch
and be able to scratch it hahaha I owe you one Greg

[Greg.]

You're welcome.

My example bugged me for ages, really pleased to finally know more about these pieces.

This enameled design appears on a variety of shapes, from vases, bowls, dressing table jars etc. It can also be found on blue and pink opline/alabaster.

[LEGSY]

 
I could of sworn 90% of me said Bohemian...
I like the quality of the white glass but my dad thought
made yesterday or modern as in last few decades i am not
sure really it certainly can deceive the way a piece of glass 100+
years old can seem so crisp etc well chuffed thank you i see the piece in
Fieldings had an estimate of around £100 do you think that might be possible
for a pair of sticks Greg?

[catshome]

Also worth searching for secessionist glass, for more examples.

[Paul S.]

agree, lovely pieces - love the Etruscan/Greek/Roman images.

Am sure I've misunderstood something here - which wouldn't surprise me at all  -  but, after reading Greg's comments about the 1917 patent details, which I've interpreted as belonging to S. & W., I rushed to look in R. S. Williams-Thomas' book 'The Crystal Years' expecting to find details of this patent in Appendix C in said book.              It's not there.

Where am I going wrong Greg - was the patent not owned by S. & W?

Richardson and George Bacchus did this sort of decoration mid C19, although theirs was transfer printed only, but the appearance of this Etruscan imagery always makes me think of a date much earlier than 1917.     The Victorians were obsessed by the 'Classical' period in history.

[Greg.]

Hi Paul,

I have attached a picture of my bowl to this thread for reference.

The engraved patent number on my bowl is not owned by Stevens & Williams as you suggest.

The patent is owned by a company called 'Tredegars Ltd'. The patent is related to a stand which incorporated a light which would illuminate the bowl from below. I have dug out the patent which I saved several years back, please see attached picture.

Originally I had hoped the patent would have led me to the maker of my piece! however, it was only later down the line that a collector kindly informed me that my bowl was shown in the 1917 S&W catalogue.

I suspect the bowl would have looked really quite impressive lit up from below.

Hope this helps.

[LEGSY]

 
Lovely piece