Topic: Anyone know anything about Cyril Kimberley, engraver for Webb? (+example)

[krsilber]

I have a bowl signed CP Kimberley, with a Webb etched mark.  The Webb sig. is pretty blurry, which sometimes means a fake, but I haven't seen anywhere near enough of their marks to judge.

I know Kimberley worked at Webb 1930-1978 (thanks to Ivo's book!), but wondered if his is a well-known name.

...Huh!  I just looked up the name in Hajdamach, not expecting to find anything, and the chapter on copper wheel engraving starts with a photo of him engraving a rock crystal goblet with bosses!  I guess he is fairly well known.  So maybe my question should be, is my bowl a real Kimberley, and is it valuable (i.e., more valuable than a Webb piece not signed by anyone)?  I don't normally ask questions about value, but with this I'm pretty curious and clueless.

[mk]

Cyril engarved his name on most of the pieces which he engraved
in fact i have a piece like the one which you have shown at home
its value i shall enquire about
the signature does look like his

[krsilber]

Thanks very much for the reply!  I'm pleasantly surprised after all this time to see one.  And welcome to the forum!

I've seen a few examples now of Cyril Kimberley's work.  Very nice engraving, well executed.  It's different in style from any of my other engraved pieces.  He must have been pretty highly esteemed; one of the goblets I saw had a Certificate of Authenticity with it that proclaimed it was by Kimberley/Webb (a dragon design which incidentally is shown in a Webb catalogue on Frank's Glass Catalogue site).