Ker&Webb Designs
APRIL 1868
Design Number
218486
Lozenge
Description
Octagon tumbler
Rectangular with arch shapes on the bottom half of the glass. No foot & stem.
10 SEPTEMBER 1868
Design Number
221497
Lozenge
Description
Tumbler
Image
This unusual design has lumpy protuberances around the bottom of the glass
1 JULY 1869
Design Number
230596
Lozenge
Description
Tumbler
Identical to the registration below, 236002, but has no foot & stem.
10 NOVEMBER 1869
Design Number
236002
Lozenge
Description
Goblet
Image
photo by ebay user boilkettleing
Additionally we have something of a mystery here as the following butter dish apparently bears the lozenge for 236002 although it looks nothing like the registered goblet.
Any other "oxo" pattern frosted tableware pieces out there?
(photo by David Willars)
6 SEPTEMBER 1871
Design Number
255383
Lozenge
Description
Goblet
Not too different to 236002 above, this has a similar foot & stem.
The body is constant width and the circular facets are lower down towards the bottom of the body.
13 JUNE 1872
Design Number
263362
Lozenge
Description
Flower vase
The most interesting Ker & Webb design, this is a pair of flower vases each containing a figure in profile. The vases have a twisted stem with a circular attachment towards the bottom. Both have a jagged top, with the body of the glass containing a head & shoulders figure within an oval. The figure on the first glass is of a young to middle aged lady, facing about 70 degrees to the left as you look at it. She has swept back hair with some curls and is wearing a necklace with pendant at the centre. The figure on the second glass is a man of similar age. He faces about 20 degrees to the right and has dark thin wavy hair with a full beard. He wears a jacket and maybe a cravat. The best guess for this pair are Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Louise, and the Marquis of Lorne. They married in 1871.
Image
photos by Derek Glenn
3 JANUARY 1873
Design Number
269476
Lozenge
Description
Tobacco box
This has a barrel-shaped body with the word TOBACCO exploding like a cartoon "kapow!" in the centre. There is also a lid though it is not drawn as a separate piece. Both body and lid have a vertical banding pattern. The base and the top of the barrel section have a pattern of small circles.
This has been seen in jet black, and in opaque blue, like the vases above - in addition to the image below.
Image
photo by Kevin Collins
27 MAY 1873
Design Number
273178
Lozenge
Description
Piano foot rest
17 APRIL 1874
Design Number
281842
Lozenge
Description
Spittoon
THOMAS WEBB & SONS
22 DECEMBER 1875
Design Number
297157
Lozenge
Description
Glass dish
This is the only registration from the firm of Thomas Webb & Sons which split from the Ker & Webb partnership. They were based at the Varley Street Works off Oldham Road in Manchester. The design is a modest size glass dish with a rim of tapered ovals and some cut glass imitation styling towards the bottom.
ANDREW KER
19 DECEMBER 1876
Design Number
306149
Lozenge
Description
Glass dish
This is the only registration from Andrew Ker at the Prussia Street Glass Works on Oldham Road, which split from the Ker & Webb partnership. The design is not unlike the design issued by his former business partner Thomas Webb. It is a modest size glass dish with a mixture of tapered ovals and some cut glass imitation sections.
WEBB BROTHERS
18 JANUARY 1893
Design Number
206025
This design is from the sons of Thomas Webb of Ker & Webb, who moved the family glass business to the Salford area and were still active as glass merchants into the 1930s and perhaps later. Unusually the design was submitted as a photograph. It is a rectangular box with curved edges, maybe a trinket box. It appears black on the photograph. On one side there is a flower or fern design, and on the front there is a circular metallic object which could be a key lock or small handle. Sadly the photo is somewhat indistinct. The box is topped with a clear glass cut imitation pointed top.
Design Number
206026
Registered on the same day we have another photo of a dark murky object. This one looks like a black obelisk with a pointed top. There is a curved wire that runs around the whole of the obelisk. No doubt it goes together with the box described above, maybe even an elaborate key?