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shop window: post-War glass (page 1 of 3)
We have been lucky enough to get hold of a part-suite of exquisitely-cut glasses by Thomas Webb & Sons. There are three types of glass (shown much smaller than life-sized in the photo above): a port glass (left, about 12 cm tall), a wine glass (centre, about 13 cm tall), and a sherry glass (right, the same height as the port glass, but with a slightly narrower bowl).
The bowl of each glass has been cut with a band of six pillars (or reeds), alternating with six double 'Russian stars', contained within a pair of horizontal double-V cuts above and below.The stems are hexagonally-cut, and the feet are all marked with the acid-etched trademark used from c 1950 onward (illustrated below).
There are twenty-two glasses in all, which we have divided into the following four sets:
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A set of 6 wine glasses (one example shown, much smaller than life-sized, from various angles)
| Our reference: | 8676 | Date: | c 1950s |
| Manufacturer: | Webb | Origin: | England |
| UK Price: | £ 65.00 (the 6) | US guide price: | $ 104.00 (the 6) |
| Dimensions: | height 13 cm, weight 950 gm (the 6) | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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A set of 6 port glasses (one example shown, much smaller than life-sized, from various angles)
| Our reference: | 8677 | Date: | c 1950s |
| Manufacturer: | Webb | Origin: | England |
| UK Price: | £ 54.00 (the 6) | US guide price: | $ 86.00 (the 6) |
| Dimensions: | height 12 cm, weight 720 gm (the 6) | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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A set of 4 port glasses (one example shown, much smaller than life-sized, from various angles)
| Our reference: | 8678 | Date: | c 1950s |
| Manufacturer: | Webb | Origin: | England |
| UK Price: | £ 36.00 (the 4) | US guide price: | $ 58.00 (the 4) |
| Dimensions: | height 12 cm, weight 480 gm (the 4) | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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A set of 6 sherry glasses (one example shown, much smaller than life-sized, from various angles)
| Our reference: | 8679 | Date: | c 1950s |
| Manufacturer: | Webb | Origin: | England |
| UK Price: | £ 54.00 (the 6) | US guide price: | $ 86.00 (the 6) |
| Dimensions: | height 12 cm, weight 670 gm (the 6) | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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A small, but unusually heavy (and particularly nicely-marked, in our opinion) cylindrical Mdina vase (shown much smaller than life-sized, from various angles) of the sort that we always describe as 'decorated with abstract landscape' in the usual 'Mediterranean' palette of colurs. Vibro-pen engraved 'Mdina' to the base (just about visible in the very poor photo below!)
| Our reference: | 8661 | Date: | c 1980 |
| Manufacturer: | Mdina | Origin: | Malta |
| UK Price: | £ 45.00 | US guide price: | $ 72.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 11 cm, weight 735 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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Although we are unable to prove it categorically, we are certain that this vase (shown much smaller than life-sized, from various angles) is a product of the Royal Brierley glassworks. The shape of the olive-green cased body is exactly the same as Brierley's regularly-used 'Amphora' shape, the floral cutting of the upper part is typical of them, as are the (sixteen) flute-cuts to the lower part, and the star-cut base
| Our reference: | 8656 | Date: | c 1990s |
| Manufacturer: | probably Royal Brierley |
Origin: | England |
| UK Price: | £ 65.00 | US guide price: | $ 104.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 20 cm, weight 870 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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A Kosta Boda vase (shown much smaller than life-sized, from various angles) designed by Kjell Engman, with fired-on transfers of birds and trees in a landscape, the sky of translucent white, overlaid with green and brown speckles to represent the ground. Base engraved 'Kosta Boda, K Engman, 58203', with original label (see details below)
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| Our reference: | 8638 | Date: | c 1980s |
| Manufacturer: | Kosta Boda | Origin: | Sweden |
| UK Price: | £ 75.00 | US guide price: | $ 120.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 14 cm, weight 1265 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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A cased teal-green bullicante ribbed dish (shown much smaller than life-sized, from various angles) with included gold leaf, the rim folded out at the corners and inward at the sides. The dish dates from the 1940s, and is probably by Archimede Seguso
Although the dish is mainly in good condition, there are a couple of small, shallow chips to the corners, which could be ground off very easily at little cost. The larger of the two is shown in the detail below left, and again, outlined in red, at right. The damage is reflected in the low asking price
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| Our reference: | 8640 | Date: | 1940s |
| Manufacturer: | probably Archimede Seguso |
Origin: | Italy |
| UK Price: | £ 30.00 | US guide price: | $ 48.00 |
| Dimensions: | length 19.5 cm, weight 1295 gm | ||
| Condition: | see description | ||