Topic: Large dimpled green fruit bowl maker?

[Paul S.]

don't want to see anyone getting off lightly with this question of attribution

attached are some pix from the Board's T/Webb picture library, showing examples of T/Webb 'lenses' and their greens  -  plus some pix I've just taken showing an amethyst vase with a Richardson backstamp. 
It may just be that the difference in 'feel' of the lenses between the two factories is a deciding factor  -  although why there should be differences I'm not sure  -  they were under the same roof virtually at the time David is speaking of  -  the early 1930's.           

To me the op's vase looks very much as tho it could possibly be the 'Spring' green, from the Gay Glass range - not certain, but possibly.

http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,46385.msg260684.html#msg260684

http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,53169.msg301937.html#msg301937

Enjoy.

[Paul S.]

apologies, seems I forgot the Richardson pix.               the other links were to show colours and shapes of some previously unattributed but perhaps similar pieces.

I know we're always saying you mustn't make a judgment based on single examples, but......  just to repeat that the feel of the Richardson lenses is quite different to those of my T/Webb lenses.      But that may well not mean anything decisive.

[SNJ]

Thanks, Paul, great pics. The Richardson lenses perhaps seem (from the photos) more strongly defined and certainly smaller. Sitting here with the bowl on the table next to me, the similarity between the bottom Webb bowl and the one I have is striking, both in terms of colour and lens configuration, with horizontal ovals at the top and vertical ovals at the bottom, as well as their size and even number of rows. Finally the Richardson rim is of an even thickness while the Webb is slightly undulating. Impossible to be emphatic based on the evidence of a few examples, of course, but the attribution seems a little less uncertain than when I first enquired. I'm very grateful for the contributions.

[Paul S.]

the problem now, I feel, is a common one in glass collecting  .........   more confusion by virtue of the quantity of images/advice which is intended to help:'(

For what they're worth my own thoughts were that lenses on T/Webb are more sharply defined, literally, whereas feeling this Richardson vase the exterior seems noticeably smoother.

I suspect you may well have to live with never getting a definitive answer.        Where would we get our fun if everything was marked  -  much T/Webb is unmarked - but a large proportion we id as Webb based on experience.          Richardson seems to be met with very infrequently, and if not marked then ......?? 

[flying free]

great pics Paul.

If it is Thomas Webb then it must be possible somewhere to in find a shape match hopefully
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[David E]

Or Thomas Webb using Richardson moulds?