Most people call this moulded pattern Bullseye, but it's full name is Old English Bullseye. I believe it is called this because in old leaded panes of glass you would sometimes get panes with a blob in the middle of them. This is because an early manufacturing process for making window glass, that I am not going to give a long winded explanation for.
Old English Bullseye was a long running popular pattern that started in 1903 and ended sometime after WWII. The colours I have seen are clear, brown, uranium yellow, uranium green and dark green.
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This is an ovoid amber/brown decanter moulded with the "Old English Bulls Eye" pattern. The stopper is a blown ball with same "Old English Bulls Eye" pattern that mirrors the body. Acid etched with the mark Webb ENGLAND. Designed 1930s and made c.1950-66.. This is a great decanter in a strange colour, in a strange shape, in a strange moulded pattern. It's really cool. I have previously explained that amber is common art deco colour but this is really at the brown end of amber. Reference: 20th Century Factory Glass, Leslie Jackson, page 225 Reference: The Decanter, Andy McConnell, page 510 Reference: Glass Signatures Trademarks and Trade Names, Anne Geffken Pullin Reference: British Glass 1800-1914, Charles R. Hajdamach, Page 433 Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 424 Height: 10 inches Width: 3.5 inches |
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This is an ovoid "Sunshine" decanter moulded with the "Old English Bulls Eye" pattern. The stopper is a blown ball with same "Old English Bulls Eye" pattern that mirrors the body. Acid etched with the mark Webb ENGLAND. Designed 1930s and made c.1950-66.. In the world of Webb I believe this uranium yellow colour is called "Sunshine". It is the colour name given to the vases of this period but I don't know if they also applied this same branded name to the tableware. This is a rarer colour for this pattern, in that I this is the only decanter this pattern and colour combination I have seen. Reference: 20th Century Factory Glass, Leslie Jackson, page 225 Reference: The Decanter, Andy McConnell, page 510 Reference: Glass Signatures Trademarks and Trade Names, Anne Geffken Pullin Reference: British Glass 1800-1914, Charles R. Hajdamach, Page 141 & 433 Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 424 Height: 10 inches Width: 3.5 inches |
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This is an ovoid decanter moulded with the "Old English Bulls Eye" pattern. The stopper is a blown ball with same "Old English Bulls Eye" pattern as the body but in miniature. Made circa. 1930s. This is similar to the above decanters only it holds a much bigger capacity. I don't know if this is an accident and this one was overblown when being made, but I think this holds about 40-50% more than those above . Reference: 20th Century Factory Glass, Leslie Jackson, page 225 Reference: The Decanter, Andy McConnell, page 510 Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 424 Reference: British Glass 1800-1914, Charles R. Hajdamach, Page 433 Height: 10 inches Width: 3.5 inches |
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This is a tear drop shaped footed decanter moulded with the Webb "Old English Bulls Eye" pattern. The stopper is also tear drop shaped with the same "Old English Bulls Eye" pattern as the body. Made circa. 1930s. This is the same "Old English Bulls Eye" pattern stretched over a different chasis. I have also seen Webb use this body shape with other effects too. As there are no good books for Webb glass the way to extend your knowledge, is to keep your eyes open for the various effects and shapes they have as it seems they were constantly mixing and matching them. Reference: British Glass 1800-1914, Charles R. Hajdamach, Page 433 Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 424 Height: 12.5 inches Width: 4.75 inches |
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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 "Old English Bulls Eye" from the "Gay Series" glass. Acid etched with the mark Webb ENGLAND under the heal of the handle. Designed 1930s and 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. And yes, "Gay Series", nobody would give it that name now as the has is more frequently used in another way. Reference: Art, Feat and Mystery H.W. Woodward Reference: British Glass 1800-1914, Charles R. Hajdamach, Page 433 Reference: Glass Signatures Trademarks and Trade Names, Anne Geffken Pullin Height: 6.5 inches Width: 7.5 inches |
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This is a brown conical wine glass with the moulded "Old English Bulls Eye" pattern. Acid etched with the mark Webb ENGLAND underneath. Designed 1930s and made c.1950-66. I know this to be a 1930s design but this glass and 5 others came with the above jug that is marked with the Webb mark for the dates I have given. Whilst this pattern is quite weird and unlike much else if must have been a good seller for Webb as you see a lot of them around and they were made pre and post WWII. Reference: 20th Century Factory Glass, Leslie Jackson, page 225 Reference: Glass Signatures Trademarks and Trade Names, Anne Geffken Pullin Reference: Art, Feat and Mystery H.W. Woodward Reference: British Glass 1800-1914, Charles R. Hajdamach, Page 433 Reference: British Glass Between the Wars, Roger Dodsworth, page 103 Height: 4.75 inches Width: 3.25 inches |
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This is a conical liquor glass with the moulded "Old English Bulls Eye" pattern. Acid etched with the mark MADE IN ENGLAND Webb underneath. Designed 1930s and made c.1935-49. The MADE IN ENGLAND Webb mark under this glass puts the period of manufacture more in line with the period I would expect them to be made. Reference: Glass Signatures Trademarks and Trade Names, Anne Geffken Pullin Reference: Art, Feat and Mystery H.W. Woodward Reference: British Glass 1800-1914, Charles R. Hajdamach, Page 433 Reference: British Glass Between the Wars, Roger Dodsworth, page 103 Height: 3 inches Width: 1.5 inches |
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This is a conical port glass with the moulded "Old English Bulls Eye" pattern. Designed 1930s and made c.1935-66. You may have noticed that I haven't described this glass as having the MADE IN ENGLAND Webb mark on them, these and the larger glasses were bought together with the smaller glasses but none of them the larger glasses are marked. A real enigma as you would think the larger glasses would get marked and they wouldn't bother with the piddly little ones. Reference: Art, Feat and Mystery H.W. Woodward Reference: British Glass 1800-1914, Charles R. Hajdamach, Page 433 Reference: British Glass Between the Wars, Roger Dodsworth, page 103 Height: 3 inches Width: 2.25 inches |
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This is a conical port glass with the moulded "Old English Bulls Eye" pattern. Acid etched with the mark Webb ENGLAND underneath. Designed 1930s and made c.1950-66. I bought this glass a charity shop purchase and it has the later Webb ENGLAND mack on it. As I have clear glasses with the earlier and later marks, it means I have to put a really wide date margin on the unmarked examples. I know I keep going on about the marks and the differences between the glasses etc.. but when there is no proper reference book this is all you have to go on, and various pieces of information can be stepping stones to identifying other pieces. Reference: Art, Feat and Mystery H.W. Woodward Reference: British Glass 1800-1914, Charles R. Hajdamach, Page 433 Reference: British Glass Between the Wars, Roger Dodsworth, page 103 Height: 3.5 inches Width: 2.25 inches |
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This is a conical wine glass with the moulded "Old English Bulls Eye" pattern. Designed 1930s and made c.1935-66. The four "Old English Bulls Eye" glasses I have here are all different sizes but because the pictures are not to scale, you may not realise is that the bullseye blobs are the same distance apart no matter what the size the glass is, and also there are 2 rows of 6 blobs too on all the glasses. What this tells you is that the mould that is used to create the blobs is the same one no matter the final size of the glass is going to be. To be truthful I have made the descriptions of what kind of glasses these are as I have not been able to get hold of any period Webb catalogues to find out what the different sizes of glass are supposed to be used for. Reference: Art, Feat and Mystery H.W. Woodward Reference: British Glass 1800-1914, Charles R. Hajdamach, Page 433 Reference: British Glass Between the Wars, Roger Dodsworth, page 103 Height: 4 inches Width: 2.75 inches |
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These are a brown conical wine glasses with the moulded "Old English Bulls Eye" pattern. Acid etched with the mark Webb ENGLAND underneath. Designed 1930s and made c.1950-66. I am showing you these glasses side by side so that you can see the variation that comes with this moulded pattern. These two glasses were bought as part of the set of six that came with the matching brown jug. I have every reason to believe these were bought together, but there is still this big variation in the definition of the bullseyes. Reference: 20th Century Factory Glass, Leslie Jackson, page 225 Reference: Glass Signatures Trademarks and Trade Names, Anne Geffken Pullin Reference: Art, Feat and Mystery H.W. Woodward Reference: British Glass 1800-1914, Charles R. Hajdamach, Page 433 Reference: British Glass Between the Wars, Roger Dodsworth, page 103 Height: 4.75 inches Width: 3.25 inches |
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