Topic: Webb Richardson Flute Cut Glasses

[NevB]

These 5 1/4" green glasses, I'm almost certain, are the 1095 pattern shown on P.47 Pl.32 of Hajdamach 1800-1914. They are described as having " 6 flutes". They are difficult to photo under UV but I believe the glow is strong enough to suggest they contain uranium. The date given is 1830's and that would be early for uranium glass so perhaps they are later. They are in near perfect condition with just a very fine ring of wear around the foot rims, the ground pontils are quite wide at 1 1/4".

[neilh]

Looking through an early Percival Vickers pattern book which is full of stemware, there are several with the same type of stem. They tend to be earlier, perhaps 1845 to early 1850s, bearing in mind the factory opened in 1844. Each of them has 6 flutes of varying height on the glass. Not a direct match, but my point would be if all catalogues from this era had survived you would be looking at a few dozen near identical shapes and wondering which was yours.

[NevB]

Thanks Neil, as long as I got the date about right I don't mind too much who made them, but it would be nice to identify them.