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Some information about David Moir here on Scotland's Glass:
https://www.scotlandsglass.co.uk/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=43

The vase is signed David Q Moir 2006 and stands nearly 12cm tall. Made very much in the manner of Ysart glassware, lovely...

John

There are just three fish Sue, I think ! I'll check later 
M, the book mentions Albert Oakden as a former teacher at the Brierley Hill school of art as their artist and designer, not familiar with that name.

Thanks for thinking of it. I’ve not read the whole thing either and can’t remember how hard I looked in the book previously. I haven’t got anything definitely Harrach to have a close look at. I think some of the abrasive frosting is very fine, if they used a fine abrasive particle.

Yes, I’m sure the goblet in the Harrach book has been mechanically ground, especially given what is said in Farbenglas. It’s a shame though that they don’t seem to say anything in the Harrach book to indicate when they might have started to also use acid matting, they just say ‘matte treated’. It would be useful to know when acid matting became available as an option.

For those without the Farbenglas book, page 127 showing the mechanically ground goblet can be seen here:
http://waltraudneuwirth.at/Buecher-Selbstverlag-Html/1993-Farbenglas%201-%20Farbenpaletten.html

I'm think I've read somewhere (a few weeks ago it was mentioned in something I was reading) that Harrach were using acid for designs quite early on in 19th but I can't remember where I read it now.  I was going to look for this post to put the information on here but was distracted and forgot about it. I've not read the entire Harrach book.  Is there no mention in there?

The etching is on the outside surface. The matt frosted areas are by abrasion (grinding). I believe it has been acid etched, then frosted. Seven inches high.

When I said it has been acid etched, then frosted, that is the vermicular pattern was acid etched first, then the surface was frosted by abrasion.

I thought it would be interesting to compare closeups of the abrasive frosting on this Richardson goblet with John Northwood white acid frosting developed c.1867.

The white acid frosting has been used in the decoration of the comport shown below (first two photos). The exact same pattern can be seen on page 14 of the sketch book held by the Corning Museum "Sketches of etched glass. J. J. Northwood about 1881-1884".

The white acid frosting is shown first, at x100 and x175 magnification. The abrasive frosting on the goblet is shown below that at the same magnifications. The x100 images show an area approximately 1.35mm across and the x175 images show an area approximately 0.75mm across. In the x100 magnification image of the white acid frosting, in the top of the image you can see the edge of one of the acid etched outlines.