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Title: Webb 'Ribonette ?
Post by: keith on February 15, 2023, 02:42:48 PM

6 inches tall, polished pontil mark and some wear, not seen this colour before, is it Webb's ?  ;D

Title: Re: Webb 'Ribonette ?
Post by: NevB on February 15, 2023, 03:24:22 PM

Looks to be the same as the one shown here.

https://lovedecanters.co.uk/LDWebbRibbonette.html

Title: Re: Webb 'Ribonette ?
Post by: chopin-liszt on February 15, 2023, 05:24:47 PM

I think we are still a little unsure if Webb is absolutely right for these.  ???

Title: Re: Webb 'Ribonette ?
Post by: keith on February 15, 2023, 07:32:17 PM

Just dug this one out, I had it in my Whitefriar folder ? ???

Title: Re: Webb 'Ribonette ?
Post by: NevB on February 15, 2023, 07:47:41 PM

I think the blue one looks more like Whitefriars "Waved Ribbed" pattern.

Title: Re: Webb 'Ribonette ?
Post by: chopin-liszt on February 15, 2023, 07:55:37 PM

Yes, that has swags rather than v-ish shapes.

Title: Re: Webb 'Ribonette ?
Post by: flying free on February 15, 2023, 09:21:39 PM

is it paler than Webb Golden Amber?  I have a bullseye vase but it's quite a bit more amber in colour than yours.

There's some here and one on the left called Venetian Ripple - does that look similar?
https://www.20thcenturyglass.com/glass_encyclopedia/british_glass/thomaswebb_glass/

m

Title: Re: Webb 'Ribonette ?
Post by: keith on February 16, 2023, 12:05:47 AM

Thanks Sue, Nev. M, this jug is more brown than amber, nothing like the dark amber Webb pieces I have.

Title: Re: Webb 'Ribonette ?
Post by: flying free on February 16, 2023, 12:19:44 AM

looking at CH British Glass 1800-1914 page 433:
The design Ribbonette appears to have much smaller and closer set together zigzags on it.  So I'm not convinced these are Ribbonette.
There is a design 'Cascade' which looks quite similar to the blue piece though. Is that blue a Webb blue?  In the colours list there are some blues, the most appropriate to me seems to be the Azurine which came in in 1895. (see page 429)

According to the colours listed on page 429 - there was a Smoke in 1879, a Chocolate in 1879 and a Brown in 1880.  Also a Topaz in 1882.  I'm never entirely sure what colour Topaz would indicate to be honest, so I've included it here   :)

m

Title: Re: Webb 'Ribonette ?
Post by: keith on February 17, 2023, 04:32:59 PM

Thanks M, think you might be right, must look through that book again  ;D