Topic: Beautiful Webbs water lily vase

[WhatHo!]

Hi guys, does anyone have any info this beautiful water lily vase. I know it Webbs because its signed Webbs Made in England and I would guess its from the 1930s? Its 7" tall and weighs 1.16kg.
Does any one have any other info about the designer or cutter etc? as I cant find anything myself, Tia Wolfie

[keith]

Very nice,the mark is 35-49,can't help with designer or cutter,got a little uranium piece myself,

[chopin-liszt]

There is some info. in Hadjamach's 20th Century British Glass on these pieces, (p.141; get out your magnifying glass to read the small print!) which seem to come under the heading of "Gay Glass", dating to the '30s. Your vase would appear to be the colour called "Evergreen", but sadly, no mention of any names of the intaglio decorators or designers of the pattern. 

[WhatHo!]

i have found something similar here, http://lustrousstone.co.uk/cpg/displayimage.php?pid=1039 same cut different shape.

[chopin-liszt]

That's "Gay Glass" in Sunshine Amber, (the same range). It has Uranium in it and it is a stunning piece.

The greens don't have uranium in them. Funnily enough, Hadjamach does give the names of those who came up with the recipes. It was Benjamin Richardson II who provided them with the greens.
"Spring" is a paler green than yours, originally called Eau-de-nil. Evergreen was originally "Old Bristol Green".
The Sunshine Amber was originally Golden Amber, the recipe came from a Swedish formula brought over by Sven Fogelberg.

[keith]

My 'diddy' piece,

[Paul S.]

great pieces - cut waterlilly is something I've yet to find .              Yet further wonderful pieces from this factory that reinforces my suggestion that the Board should have a T/Webb gallery of shapes/colours/designs

[Lustrousstone]

The greens don't have uranium in them.

They do, honest (at least the 1930s (ish)) ones do
http://lustrousstone.co.uk/cpg/displayimage.php?pid=528
and I have seen little Bullseye glasses in uranium Evergreen (but drew the line at £30 for two. I expect they'll  be at the fair for the third time, at least, in April)

That's a nice Sunshine Amber one Wolfie  as is the spring green

We could set up a gallery... I'll contribute

(PS I'm lusting after a piece of U Evergreen at a reasonable price)

[chopin-liszt]

Hadjamach needs a correction, then.
I did think it odd that there wasn't Uranium in some of the greens, given it was a high-end range, I would have expected it.
Leni has a vase with a river scene etched into it, even more spectacular and scarce than the waterlillies. I'm sure it should be on here somewhere.

[chopin-liszt]

I have managed to track down the thread for Leni's vase. 

http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,37484.0.html

There is additional info. and speculation there too.