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Description, References and Size

This is a Whitefriars square mould blown amber jug with an applied handle. The ribbed angled handle is applied bottom to top, but applied at the top in the roman manner. Designed in 1908.

Designed by Harry Powell this jug is based on a Roman jug in the British Museum. Harry Powell liked to use glass designs from previous eras and remodel or reuse them. In addition to this jug Harry Powell also designed claret jugs and decanters based on this basic format. They come in clear, turquoise, green, and khaki as well as amber.

I have not seen any of these jugs other than in the books. The way the handle is attached at the top looks quite fragile and I suspect liable to break if the jug were full, which might be why I don't really see the jugs as much as the claret jugs and decanters.

Please look in the Glass by Maker section under Whitefriars Glass to see other glass from this range.

Reference: Whitefriars Glass, James Powell & Sons of London, Wendy Evans, Page 311

Reference: Whitefriars Revisited 1936-1969, Chris Woolman, Page 51

Height: 8 inches

Width: 5 inches

This is a water or lemonade jug with a rounded body with horizontal ribs. Made circa 1920-40.

When I said it was easy to collect good quality jugs cheaply this is the kind of thing I mean. I have guessed the age, but it definitely has some age to it, it is handmade and well made, and it the kind of thing you can still get in charity shops for a few pounds.

Height: 6.25 inches

Width: 6 inches

This is a water or lemonade jug made by Stuart Crystal in uranium green in the popular Stratford pattern. Pattern number 21699, designed by Ludwig Kny in 1921.

Another illustration of why it is easy to collect jugs, as I bought this jolly Stuart Crystal jug in a charity shop for £3. This is after they are supposed to be sorting all of the good stuff out. Jugs like this just don't count as good stuff.

To some people this might seem like a boring jug, but when the Stratford pattern first came out in 1921 this must have seemed ultra modern, and it still looks like a new design today almost a hundred years later. In my book that makes it a design classic.

Please look in the Glass by Maker section under Stuart Crystal Glass to see other glass from this range.

Reference: Miller's 20th-Century Glass, Andy McConnell, page 236

Reference: Stuart and Sons Catalogue 1927 issue, page 5

Height: 6 inches

Width: 5 inches

This is a Thomas Webb and Co. art deco brown jug. This is a footed jug of typical art deco geometric shape moulded with the Webb bullseye pattern from the "gay Series" glass. Acid etched with the mark Webb ENGLAND under the heal of the handle. Made c.1950-66.

This is much later than I imagined with Gay Series glass being a 1930s design, but the mark would need to be Webb MADE IN ENGLAND for it to be from the 1930s. This shows how problematic it is date glass as the use of designs and patterns could go on for decades. If it keeps selling, keep making it, must have been the motto.

This jug is part of a suite of glass I have, with the jug, a decanter and 6 conical glasses. I have also seen clear glass versions and what the gay series calls Sunshine glasses. Brown seems to be the most common colour. If you are looking for something weird this might be something to go for.

Please look in the Glass by Maker section under Thomas Webb to see other glass from this range.

Reference: Art, Feat and Mystery H.W. Woodward

Reference: Glass Signatures Trademarks and Trade Names, Anne Geffken Pullin

Height: 6.5 inches

Width: 7.5 inches

This is a Thomas Webb and Co. art deco footed jug. The jug has an "Evergreen" dark green handle and foot and a clear body. The body is moulded in a pattern called "Cascade". Made c.1930s.

This jug like the purple one allows me to extrapolate an extension on the range of glass that I know of from one decanter shown in the Millers 20s and 30s antique glass book. I have that decanter and I have it in green and blue as well as purple, and the blue one I also have the moulding "Fircone" pattern as well as cascade. Also that they made jugs. Now all I have to do is get some glasses. Maybe I am breaking my promise when said I was not doing any original research on this web site.

In the world of Thomas Webb this dark green colour is called "Evergreen". Advertising doesn't change, give dark green a fancy name to make it "special".

Please look in the Glass by Maker section under WhiteFriars Glass to see other glass from this range.

Reference: British Glass Between the Wars, Roger Dodsworth, page 103

Height: 10.75 inches

Width: 4.25 inches

This is a Thomas Webb and Co. art deco waisted jug. The jug has a amethyst handle and the clear body is moulded in the "Fircone" pattern. Made c.1930s.

I have not photographed this jug at the usual angle as I wanted to catch the "Fircone" in the light so you could see the distinct pattern of the moulding. As you can see it is like scales on a fircone. This is not always so clear as it is here.

Please look in the Glass by Maker section under Thomas Webb Glass to see other glass from this range.

Reference: The Journal of the Glass Association Volume 5 1997, page 51

Height: 10.75 inches

Width: 4.25 inches

This is a water or lemonade jug made by Stuart Crystal in the popular Woodchester pattern. Pattern number 27861, designed by Ludwig Kny in the 1930s.

Although this is supposed to be Woodchester, in the Stuart and Sons pre-WWII catalogue they look a bit different in that between the vertical ferns their some matt engraved circles. The post-WWII catalogues don't have this. The earlier version is now referred to as Woodchester and spot. To me it looks like a decision was made to "tidy" the design. I have to say it does look better without the spots.

This is not the jug shape shown in the catalogues and I think this is probably quite a late variation in the Woodchester pattern.

Please look in the Glass by Maker section under Stuart Crystal Glass to see other glass from this range.

Reference: Miller's 20th-Century Glass, Andy McConnell, page 239

Reference: Stuart and Sons Catalogue 2000

Height: 9 inches

Width: 6.5 inches

This is an optically molded Strombergshyttan "Straw" jug. Elfverson pattern number E.517. Designed by Hugh Dunne Cooke in the 1930s.

This jug has the same soft shape as other Stromberghyttan glass of this period, but what you can't tell from the picture is that the jug is designed to hold 3.5 pints, so it is pretty big. You are going to need strong wrists to pour it.

Please look in the Glass by Maker section under Strombergshyttan Glass to see other glass from this range.

Reference: The Journal of The Glass Association Journal Volume 8 2008, Page 43

Height: 11 inches

Width: 7.5 inches

This is a pale blue pedestal jug. The foot has a step in it, the stem is wrythen and the handle has had an additional curl of glass added at the top. Designed by Greta Runeborg-Tell 1941-52.

For me this monumental jug the classic identification piece for this suite of Ekenas glass. Floating around in the Swedish bit of the Internet is a catalogue page with this jug and a few glasses on it. The jug handle is very distinctive so you can spot it from a mile away.

The top of the handle resembles some of the old Roman techniques of attaching the top of jug handles. I am not sure if this is intentional or not.

Please look in the Glass by Maker section under Ekenas Glass to see other glass from this range.

Height: 11.5 inches

Width: 7 inches

This is a “Golden Amber” jug, with an ogee bowl and no stem. Unlike the glasses it has a pontil mark. Whitefriars pattern number M74. Designed by William Wilson circa. 1942.

The jug just confirms that the "Golden Amber" is better than "Sea Green". If you want something that lights up your table go with "Golden Amber".

Reference: Whitefriars Glass, The Art of James Powell & Sons, Lesley Jackson, Page 131

Reference: Miller's 20th Century Glass, Andy McConnell, Page 24.

Height: 7 inches

Width: 7.5 inches

This is a tall lager jug liquor glass, with a golden amber foot, two applied amber rings around the stem, amber handle and clear bowl. Whitefriars pattern number 9316. Circa. 1957.

The jug is just as lovely as the glasses. I doubt I will ever use them, one, because I don't drink lager, and two, I would be too scared to break them.

Please look in the Glass by Maker section under WhiteFriars Glass to see other glass from this range.

Reference: Whitefriars Glass, James Powell & Sons of London, Wendy Evans, Page 326

Reference: Whitefriars Revisited 1936-1969, Chris Woolman, Page 44

Height: 13 inches

Width: 7 inches

This is an urn shaped white glass jug with a cup mouth. It has a ribbed handle and an applied spiral of glass to the neck. Made by Lindshammer and designed by Gunnar Ander mid-20th Century.

If you think I am going all pottery on you, think again, this is white glass, it even has a polished pontil mark.

Look in the Ewer section as there is white glass ewer that is clearly by the same manufacturer.

I would like to thank a Louis Edwards from the Heart of Glass Facebook group for identifying this jug for me.

Height: 7.75 inches

Width: 4 inches