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Carafe ID Whitefriars or Stuart?
glassobsessed:
There are a few exceptions when it comes to Whitefriars marking stuff, the short lived Studio Range can be found engraved on the base (Whitefriars/pattern number/date) and I have a Whitefriars vase at present with an engraved RD number. It is the purple version of this vase on ebay:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/364137720292
John
Paul S.:
well, I'm blowed - shows I need to get out more often - thanks John. Looks to be pattern No. 916 and likely made between 1910 and 1930, though could be a year or two earlier. John, grateful if you will advise the Rd. No. - would be interesting to see the original factory drawing at Kew. Jackson says .... ".... probably designed between 1903 and 1910 ......... produced until early 1930s .........".
I've looked in both the Blue Book and Thompson from c. 1900 and 1910, but not aware of seeing the name Whitefriars. Could be for several reasons, the most likely being that it's hiding under CLASS IV rather than CLASS III which is the usual place for glass - CLASS IV is usually avoided by researchers as it's wood (I forget), but whatever, it's something other than glass.
Keith Mick:
Hi John
Is the vase just engraved with the Rd. No and nothing else, no name or anything? I would not have recognized that as a Whitefriars piece if I came across it out and about. Shows how easily we can overlook something good!
I know W F used stickers but I'm not sure when that practice began.
Thanks for the info
Cheers
Keith
Paul S.:
Keith - appears to be the piece on page 126 top right, in Jackson.
Keith Mick:
Hi Paul
Will take a look, it doesn't seem familiar to me but I suppose we can't remember them all. You mentioned Woodchester Pattern, I used to have some nice glasses probably for whiskey. I've also got some Stratford ring glasses somewhere around here with a Stratford jug which has a cut pattern from the 1927 Stuart catalogue. I do think Stuart are a bit underrated, they made some really nice glass.
Keith
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