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Title: Diamond optic large mushroom posy Webb? Walsh?
Post by: Lustrousstone on July 15, 2011, 06:40:43 AM

...or even Stevens and Williams? This large (10-in.) diamond optic mushroom posy is in a shade of yellow uranium (veering towards amber rather than green) I associate with Walsh Walsh or Webb. It has a small polished pontil mark and is lead crystal. I can't find anything similar in the diamond optic though. Can anyone help please.

Title: Re: Diamond optic large mushroom posy Webb? Walsh?
Post by: Anne on July 15, 2011, 10:47:55 AM

Very similar to my mystery blue one in terms of shape and size, but without the optic ribbing yours has.
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,3976.0.html - yours is lovely!

Title: Re: Diamond optic large mushroom posy Webb? Walsh?
Post by: Lustrousstone on July 15, 2011, 11:41:22 AM

I realised I had forgotten to look in Skelcher. His second book Vaseline Glass: Fascinating Fluorescent Beauty has a smaller version (p128). He says probably Webb Sunshine Amber, and that the pattern matches a marked piece in Big Book of Vaseline Glass (I'm not entirely convinced). He also says the density doesn't match, nor does the uranium content. I say the colour is way off. I think I would probably rule out Webb, despite his claim. I'm also not sure the quality is quite there.