Topic: Stourbridge? Yellow Vase.

[NevB]

I was hoping this was uranium glass, sadly not, but I think it's an unusual colour. It has a rough snapped pontil and wear on the bottom  in the form of a ring of dots on the contact points of the ribs. I believe it was made in Stourbridge but by one of the lesser known makers such as Smart Brothers . P.311 in Hajdamach 1800-1914 shows some not dissimilar pieces with the same type of rigaree in cranberry glass. I can't find much about Smart Brothers online.

[Anne]

Nev, the British Glass Foundation have acquired some paperwork relating to Smart Brothers.  It might be worth an email to them asking if any of it includes catalogues? http://www.blackcountryradio.co.uk/news/local-headlines/25k-grant-enables-glass-pattern-book-conservation/

[NevB]

Thanks Anne, I'll look into it. Hajdamach also shows some lampshades by Smart Bros. with a colour called "citron" which might be a possibility.