Topic: Davidson Blue Cloud glass bowl

[flying free]

Is that the 'Webb' moire that turned out to be Stuart - Bernard's bowl was an example.  Is that the one you mean?

Eek,I could never get rid of my books.  I still buy and collect

[Paul S.]

heavens, you don't expect me to remember something that  B.C. posted 10 years ago !! ;-).           The 'moire' decorative pattern was T.W. - surely never Stuart.           I have a feeling that I shall have to buy another copy of Hajdamach (the one on C19 glass)  -  so much useful information in there, though obviously not if you're into C20 studio.       Suppose I could trundle through all my Kew pix to find it.

[flying free]

I'll try and find the thread and link it for you

[flying free]

oops I think I was thinking of a different pattern!
https://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,5410.msg99233.html#msg99233

[flying free]

Webb Moire appears in Charles Hajdamach's British Glass 1800-1914 page 433.
It's shown as 1907 and is wavy lines from side to side -  drawn on a straight sided flared tumbler shape, as top to bottom stripes waved from side to side with the first wave at the top down going to the left, then to the right (middle of tumbler) then finally going left again at the bottom.  Like a sideways loose w but with rounded corners on the W not pointed - and the w being on it's side.

[Paul S.]

ah, thanks for that  -  so definitely Thomas Webb and just into the C20 then.           I think my original point about querying the use of the description 'moire' for this bottle, was the apparent lack of reference that the word might have to this decanter - shape or engraving.                    However, I suppose the idea in naming the bottle 'moire', was that the word has a sort of ancient Islamic flavour which links it to this shape, though confusion sets in immediately in the sense that T.W. had already used the word 'moire' to describe a decorative pattern.              No matter, folk can describe things however they wish    
Can you loan me your copy of Hajdamach ......................                                    for about 10 years.

sorry, we're massively off topic - must desist