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Hi all,

My first post here, and probably not my last. I'm going to be working through my collection and try to identify most items in it, and keep building as I go along. First up is this uranium dish that I picked up at a throft store a few years back. My first large uranium piece. It has some surface scuffs, but no ships or cracks. One or two small air bubbles. And no marks or stickers whatsoever.

So I have no idea on age, maker, or country of origin. A reverse image search using Google lens pointed me towards another on of these being for sale here in The Netherlands, also without mark, or further clues only that it's "Murano"... which, given that that name sells, probably is something slapped on to generate a larger asking price.

Does anyone here have more info for me as to age, maker and country of origin?

Thanks m , yes I have read about Webb blanks ,could be ?,they are well made with bold central pontils and a good weight,very Stourbridge .They must have looked splendid on a large marble mantel .

These are a nightmare to identify. I have been researching my blue one for years.

There were a number made by Thomas Webb I think somewhere on the board. If I have a chance tomorrow I'll look at the references I have to see if the shape is there.

There are some made by Richardson signed on the base Richardson Vitrified.  I think there is one or two in the Corning and the V&A.

Thanks for the input,yup the design seems to crop up everywhere.I didn’t know Richardson signed their pieces , they are well made and I guess everyone was making a version ,thanks again.

Looking through my Charles Hajdamach I noticed on page 101 (!!?)a very similar motif illustrated by Richardson glass,but I suppose it could have been copied .Any thoughts most welcome .

I don’t know who made your nice vases but I recently came across the victorian book, Handbook of Ornament by Franz Meyer. It shows the origins of some of the ornamentation that you often see on victorian glassware.

For example, your palm decoration within a heart shaped scroll looks to be a copy of Greek designs, see plate 104 no.6 and 7, page 194. Also see plate 106 no.5 - design from Orléans railroad station, Paris.

Another good example is page 173 plate 92 no.2 that looks to be the origins of the Richardson acid etched design shown on page 182 of Hajdamach.

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/A_Handbook_of_Ornament/H1neEy415-MC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Ornament+by+Franz+Meyer&printsec=frontcover


Also see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmette for similar designs.