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Guy Underwood or Bermondsey glass help please

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aa:
The glass that the stands are on looks like float glass, which would make the stands, at least, post 2nd world war.
The engraved signature looks as if it was done with a flexible drive and diamond point, which also suggests more recent than your first suggestion.

Don't know the artist, though, so could be way off. Can't tell from the image whether they are cast, but assuming they are, this would probably confirm a more recent provenance. On the other hand, you may have discovered a contemporary of Amalric Walter or Decorchement! ;)

Frank:
Adams observations explain things a bit. I looked before and thought they must be by another Guy Underwood - whose Bermondsey Glass stuff is pretty scarce signed but I cannot remember how the signature is done. The bases are odd and not what I would associate with the era. But as I could not pin it down, kept quiet.

paradisetrader:
Mentioned in
Objects of Art in Metal The Russell Art Co 1934
"designs in glass by Guy Underwood"

also
"Modern Decorations by Guy Underwood and other Artists"
same date and publisher

I have a vague memory of this guy being mentionned during a visit to Peter Leyton's which is on the fringe of Bermondsey
Why not call them.
contact details at
http://www.londonglassblowing.co.uk/

Peter

Lustrousstone:
See here Scroll down to lot 277

He also seems to have been a sculptor and a painter

Mosquito:
I would have to disagree with Adam's observations regarding the bases. The glass bases are not necessarily float glass, they may be cast or rollered glass which has then been ground and polished. I have occaisionally seen glass bases of this type on pre-war French figures (just the glass block, with the figure glued/bonded directly to it), though they are uncommon.

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