Topic: Whitefriars angular vase or another factory?

[BRADBURY7308]

Nice sea blue/green vase purchased from local charity shop today 6"3/4"h x 5"1/4w any ideas if its whitefriars i think it may be an angular vase by whitefriars.

[Pinkspoons]

Looks like an 'Angular' vase (RSW10) designed by Ronald Stennett Willson for King's Lynn in 1967. But it's not really my field, so I might be wrong.

[Anne]

Ronald Stennett Willson for Lemington Glass I think.

[Pinkspoons]

The earlier Lemington vases, of which I have one, are much more substantial:

http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,22930.msg129407.html#msg129407

Also, they have cut/polished rims.

Unless they made them in smaller sizes? I'm not overly familiar with Lemington glass, I have to admit.

[BRADBURY7308]

Thankyou for the help i think im looking at a ronald stennett-willson piece after all thankyou .... :thup:

[Anne]

No idea Nic, my only reference is a Lemington advert showing a side view of this shape.

[Pip]

As well as Lemington they were also made by Wedgwood/Kings Lynn - when I posted mine a couple of years back I attempted to try and ascertain the differences between them but was asked 'does it really matter?' by another member so didn't pursue it - however I would still be interested to know if there's a way of telling.

[Pinkspoons]

Chris, who posted in my RSW floorvase thread, has a website currently in development - possibly he would know?

http://ronaldstennettwillson.com/index.html

I've been fobbed off once or twice with the "Why does it matter?" response in the past - I tend to just ignore them as knowing ostensibly pointless specifics often leads to finding unusual and rare anomalies within production glass ranges. For example, because of my insane persistence with figuring out Holmegaard signatures I can now spot their exhibition items and one-off commission pieces at a glance, occasionally pottering about on eBay for the same price - or less - as standard production items, even though their actual identified value can be up to ten times greater.

[cmdg]

This looks like an 'Angular Vase' designed by Ronald Stennett-Willson,given a code number RSW10,and made by Lemington Glass,Kings Lynn Glass or Wedgwood Glass.These were made in several colours,including a light or dark cranberry,clear(flint),shades of amethyst,blue,speckled blue(rustic),lilac and more.Some will have a Wedgwood etched mark(with or without the Portland Vase),although some do not!.They usually have a smooth,round pontil mark,although I do have one example with a flat smooth base.
Chris

[Pip]

Hi Chris, both mine and Nic's (attributed) Lemingtons had ground flat rims - the one at the top of this thread has a fire-polished rim - do you know if this might be a feature of the Wedgwood/Kings Lynn production?