Click Picture to Expand

Description, References and Size

This is a Thomas Webb and Co. glass with an uranium yellow ball foot with control bubble inclusions. The bowl has a stylised pattern running around it. Acid etched with the mark Webb MADE IN ENGLAND. Made c.1936-49.

This goes with the similar decanter on the decanter page and is super cool and super rare. The decanter only holds about a pint and these glasses are not very big either, so this service is really made for spirits, and not wine or cocktails or some such drink where you drink more volume.

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

Height: 3 inches

Width: 2.5 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 is made to go with the similarly configured decanter I have in the Webb decanter section.

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".

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

Reference: British Glass 1800-1914, Charles R. Hajdamach, Page 433

Height: 10.75 inches

Width: 4.25 inches

This is a Thomas Webb and Co. art deco footed jug. The body is moulded in a pattern called "Cascade". Made c.1930s.

I have no decanter to go with the clear version I have of this jug, and I have not seen any either, but suppose they do exist, I just need to keep looking. And the same for the glasses too.

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

Reference: British Glass 1800-1914, Charles R. Hajdamach, Page 433

Height: 10.75 inches

Width: 4.25 inches

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

This jug is made to go with the similarly configured decanter I have in the Webb decanter section and below is an example of the "Fircone" version of the glasses that go with this colour of the jug.

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

Reference: British Glass 1800-1914, Charles R. Hajdamach, Page 433

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.

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

Reference: British Glass 1800-1914, Charles R. Hajdamach, Page 433

Height: 10.75 inches

Width: 4.25 inches

This is an amber Thomas Webb and Co. waisted jug. The jug the "Moire" pattern. Made c.1920-30s.

This is different waisted shape as the "Fircone" jug above, and moulded with the "Moire" pattern and in solid amber. The shape and pattern combination makes thing this is an earlier pattern than the one above, it has more of an art nouveau feel to it. The "Moire" pattern came in in 1907.

Reference: British Glass 1800-1914, Charles R. Hajdamach, Page 433

Height: 10 inches

Width: 7.5 inches

This is an amber Thomas Webb and Co. cocktail shaker with double pouring lip. The shaker is the "Moire" pattern. Made c.1920-30s.

The rough fit hollow stopper has deep grooves on each side so that you can pour the contents by aligning the grooves with the pouring lips and not taking the lid off. It's a nice cocktail shaker, but it doesn't have the same weight and quality feel as the Stuart Crystal cocktail shakers.

Reference: British Glass 1800-1914, Charles R. Hajdamach, Page 433

Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, Page 424

Height: 8 inches

Width: 3 inches

This is a Thomas Webb and Co. cocktail glass with an amethyst foot. The bowl is moulded in the "Fircone" pattern. Made c.1930s.

This glass is one of a set of six made to go with the similar decanter in the decanter section. These glasses are very fine, which may explain why they seem to be much rarer than the decanters.

The "Fircone" pattern is quite difficult to photograph as is such a subtle pattern and you can see it best by moving the glass in your hand, which of course you can't do with a photograph. In this picture you can see that it is not just a blobby mass but that it is formed of teardrop or scale shapes. There is another pattern other makers use called pea moulded, which looks similar, but is round blobs, and not this teardrop shape. Webb use this pattern a lot so look out for it.

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

Reference: British Glass 1800-1914, Charles R. Hajdamach, Page 433

Height: 2.75 inches

Width: 2.5 inches

This is a Thomas Webb and Co. ogee shaped cocktail glass with an amethyst foot. The bowl is moulded in the "Fircone" pattern. Made c.1930s.

This glass is similar but larger than the previous glass but still of that really thin fine quality.

The "Fircone" pattern on these glasses is fairly indistinct.

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

Reference: British Glass 1800-1914, Charles R. Hajdamach, Page 433

Height: 3.5 inches

Width: 3 inches

This is a Thomas Webb and Co. cocktail glass with a green foot. The body is moulded in a pattern called "Cascade". Made c.1930s.

Again this glass has that thin fine quality. In fact two of the five glasses I bought broke in transit to me.

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

Reference: British Glass 1800-1914, Charles R. Hajdamach, Page 433

Height: 4.75 inches

Width: 3 inches

These are a wine and a sherry glass with a triple ball knop stem, a conical bowl, lens cut in the bowl surmounted by three thin parallel grooves. Acid etched with the mark Webb MADE IN ENGLAND in the centre under the foot. Made c.1936-49

These are fine glasses, and quite rare, as the four wine glasses and the three sherries we have were purchased nearly 20 years apart. If you think you are building a set of something and you pick a rare one, this is what happens.

I would like to thank my wife for allowing me to put these on the web site. These are really hers, and I must say she has good taste.

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

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

Height: 5.5 inches

Width: 3.25 inches

These are a wine and a sherry glass with a triple ball knop stem. The conical bowl moulded in the "Wave". Acid etched with the mark Webb MADE IN ENGLAND in the centre under the foot. Made c.1936-49

These glasses are effectively made on the same chassis as the glasses above, but with a different surface treatment for the bowl. This same wave moulding is used on bowls and vases too and is one of Webb's signature patterns from this period.

You might also note that I have described this pattern differently to the earlier similar looking cocktail glass. That is because I am saying this is a wave as the pattern undulates and the other as a zig-zag pattern has sharper turns. I am confident that both of these patterns are Webb.

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

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

Reference: British Glass 1800-1914, Charles R. Hajdamach, Page 433

Height: 5.5 inches

Width: 3.25 inches

These are tall lager glasses with a slightly erratic horizontal band of grooves cut around the base. Acid etched with the mark Webb MADE IN ENGLAND in the centre under the foot. Made c.1936-49

I have seen this shape of glass called all sorts of things, however, I have seen glasses this shape in the Whitefriars catalogues and they came with a matching jug and they were described as lager glasses. So you may call this glass whatever you wish, but at the time they were made they were intended as lager glasses.

The slightly wobbly horizontal grooves might make these glasses seem modern, but the mark underneath says otherwise. I don't know if it is parallel evolution or if he was ripping these glasses off, but Jasper Conran designed has some glasses for Waterford called Strata that look remarkably like these. On the Jasper Conran glasses the wonkyness of the cutting is more exaggerated.

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

Height: 8 inches

Width: 2.75 inches

This is an amber spirit tumbler probably by Thomas Webb and Co. It is unmarked and has a polished base. Probably made c.1930s or 40s.

This glass is one of a set of six made to go with the similar decanter in the decanter section. I know of 2 other sets of these so it really does go with the decanter in the other section. These are not Whitefriars as if you look at similar tumblers like the M60, they do not have polished pontil marks, and many of the Whitefriars glasses at this period appear not to have them.

I would like to thank Wolfie at www.whitefriars.com for this attribution. He is not certain, but I am happy to go with it until someone shows me something concrete.

Height: 2.75 inches

Width: 2.5 inches

This is a Webb "Fircone" pattern wine glass with an inverted baluster stem and the bowl with the moulded "Fircone" pattern. It is marked Webb England on the base. As per the mark made c.1950-66, but probably designed much earlier.

This glass is very similar to the Whitefriars 2445 pattern wine glasses. Whilst they are similar sizes, this glass is heavier and seems to have a higher refractive index, i.e. is more sparkly. The foot of the glass is also smaller in proportion to the bowl too. It is still a quality piece and due to its weight more practical to use.

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

Reference: British Glass 1800-1914, Charles R. Hajdamach, Page 433

Height: 5.5 inches

Width: 2.5 inches