Topic: Stuart Crystal...or not Paul S

[Paul S.]

Hi Pete  -  I agree re the RB Honeysuckle as possible the most attractive  -  I've owned a large vase in that pattern, and as you'd expect from a vase the scale is larger and it's a wonderful piece.                  Now I feel awkward about the Replacements issue  -  didn't know they were using some of your images  -  perhaps I should have kept mouth shut  ....................   I've said before that in view of the frequent use we all make of their site, I wouldn't have a problem with them using any of my pix.

I think with Anne, it's a case of pistils at dawn.

[Paul S.]

being less flippant now Anne - but more confused

If you look at the Replacements site, it appears that all their examples of RB fuschia have seven stamens as in the first of my pix attached.
In my second picture - which I had assumed was an earlier rendition or simply a variation of RB's fuschia, the flower is shown with five stamens as you've mentioned, and the modelling is different, so now not sure about the species of the second bloom.

RB also did something called tiger lily, so might this five stamen image be of a tiger lily and not fuschia, do you think?

[Anne]

Oops! Thanks Paul, yes it is 7 not 5, my mistake. I've corrected my post now. 

As to other fuchsia patterns, I found this one on the Nazeing website that looks awfully RB-ish!
http://www.nazeing-glass-factoryshop.co.uk/PBSCProduct.asp?ItmID=13264603

The Brierley Hill designs are here:
https://brierleyhillcrystal.co.uk/cart/range/pattern/Fuchsia

There are some Royal Scot Catherine wineglasses here (3 stamens) which say "Same pattern as Stuart Crystal Cascade glasses"
https://www.havens.co.uk/royal-scot-catherine-pair-of-large-wine-glasses-16815p.html

And a search on Replacements brings up 723 matches for the search term fuchsia glass! 
https://www.replacements.com/search/?query=fuchsia+glass

[Anne]

Forgot to say, I don't think your 2nd pic is RB Tiger Lily - here's an example:
https://www.replacements.com/webquote/rbrtil.htm?rplSku=949358

[Paul S.]

thanks Anne  -  I would never have guessed that 'fuschia' was such a commonly found cut design - amazing.                 Think you're correct about my second picture not being tiger lily  -  I'll dig a little further.

Would agree the Nazeing piece does look very RB ish ............   I'm assuming that in this modern-day world of copying etc., that companies don't patent or Register their named designs, so that really anyone can legally copy and cut what is virtually the same outline of whatever decoration they fancy - from someone else's patterns.

think we'd better stop here  -  we've already muddied what was supposed to be a discussion on Stuart only.              thanks again.