Topic: Jade coloured bowl - ID = Stevens and Williams

[Jeffingtons]

Hi everyone. Picked this up jade coloured bowl today. It's very finely made, with a polished pontil that is the full width of the foot, leaving only a very slim ring of glass touching the surface.  No marks or stamps on it. Tested under UV and it's not uranium. It's around 5 and a half inches wide, 2 inches tall, weighs 130 grams and is very delicate.

Interested to know what people think! Thanks

[chopin-liszt]

  Is it that peculiar sort of glass that can feel and sound a bit like plastic?

[Jeffingtons]

Is it that peculiar sort of glass that can feel and sound a bit like plastic?

No, if anything it feels more like jade. It's not, as the seller had tested for hardness but it's silk smooth to the touch. Very tactile

[catshome]

Stevens and Williams, or maybe Steuben, come to mind.

[Ekimp]

Hi, I don’t suppose this sort of thing has to have a specific use but I have seen similar shapes and sizes referred to as rice bowls.

[Jeffingtons]

Stevens and Williams, or maybe Steuben, come to mind.

Thanks Catshome. I've seen a very similar bowl with matching plate on an antiques website listed as Stevens & Williams but not found anything else particularly similar. Looked at Steuben too but nothing close really.

Hi, I don’t suppose this sort of thing has to have a specific use but I have seen similar shapes and sizes referred to as rice bowls.

Cheers Ekimp. The seller thought it might be Peking glass. I'm pretty sure it isn't as it hasn't got a foot, which seems to be a standard feature of Peking bowls, but it is very much the size and shape of a rice bowl

[flying free]

The shape, colour and pontil mark and the particularly beautiful translucency of the opaline glass in my opinion makes this a Stevens and Williams piece from their alabaster range.  Some were marked, some not.

I think it would have also possibly had a matching underplate.

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[Jeffingtons]

The shape, colour and pontil mark and the particularly beautiful translucency of the opaline glass in my opinion makes this a Stevens and Williams piece from their alabaster range.  Some were marked, some not.

I think it would have also possibly had a matching underplate.

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Thanks Flying Free. I've seen one other example in Google images, and it did have an underplate and was listed as Stevens and Williams. Unfortunately the link to the website no longer works so I couldn't read the full description.

[Jeffingtons]

Update: thanks again Flying Free. Armed with the extra info, I've now found a signed Stevens and Williams one with plate.