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Title: Webb Wellington - Engravers name.
Post by: Gowdod on March 07, 2016, 10:52:23 AM

Dear All,

here's a toughie; there is no signature but engraved upon a large Webb Wellington Punch Bowl is a birds and a mountain scene. Would anybody be able to advance ideas as to who the engraver may have been?

With kind regards

Andrew

Title: Re: Webb Wellington - Engravers name.
Post by: Gowdod on March 07, 2016, 10:58:23 AM

Also anybody know the type of bird? Sparrowhawk?
Thanks

Andrew

Title: Re: Webb Wellington - Engravers name.
Post by: Lustrousstone on March 07, 2016, 11:04:09 AM

That's lovely. Is is marked Webb? I think your birds are pheasants, definitely not raptors. My local sparrowhawk would eat them for lunch

Title: Re: Webb Wellington - Engravers name.
Post by: Gowdod on March 07, 2016, 11:16:23 AM

Dear Sue.

No Webb acid etched mark at all...unless they have hidden it! I keep looking for something...Nothing on the base which they usually have though below missing it too.

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Thomas-Webb-Crystal-WELLINGTON-Large-Trumpet-Vase-41-5cms-16-1-4-tall-/172106795563?hash=item28125d4a2b


Is that a Scottish or Japonsesque style of finish of the mountain and blossoms? Any views on age?

BTW am still unsure if even pheasants.  :)
 
Glass...you've got to love it.

Kind Regards

Andrew

Title: Re: Webb Wellington - Engravers name.
Post by: Anne Tique on March 07, 2016, 11:21:20 AM

I'd say pheasants in Japan ... or Japanese pheasants ...

Title: Re: Webb Wellington - Engravers name.
Post by: Gowdod on March 07, 2016, 11:24:42 AM

 :) ;D

Title: Re: Webb Wellington - Engravers name.
Post by: Lustrousstone on March 07, 2016, 12:33:36 PM

Sue!!  :o So how did you decide on Webb and Wellington?

Title: Re: Webb Wellington - Engravers name.
Post by: chopin-liszt on March 07, 2016, 01:46:02 PM

Maybe he's getting you and me mixed up, Christine. ;)
I'm always happy to be mixed with you. :-*

Title: Re: Webb Wellington - Engravers name.
Post by: Gowdod on March 07, 2016, 02:38:02 PM

Dear Christine,

 :D opps....sorry.

Webb and Wellington from the cutting pattern to the main body on the back of the piece.

I often use replacement.com as a guide too...they list one here.

http://search.replacements.com/search/?query=webb+wellington&i=24&p=24

Kind Regards

Andrew

Title: Re: Webb Wellington - Engravers name.
Post by: Anne on March 12, 2016, 06:18:15 PM

Asiatic pheasants are a commonly seen motif on blue and white pottery, so perhaps someone wanted glass to match?

Title: Re: Webb Wellington - Engravers name.
Post by: Gowdod on March 12, 2016, 09:48:45 PM

Dear Anne,

it's their feet, now I've searched harder, it is clear, pheasants. :-).

Any thoughts on age?

It is beautifully carved and great to behold.

As for Blue and White, that's one I'm just starting to learn. Fascinating area.

kind regards

Andrew