Molineaux Webb Catalogue - Candle Drips and Finger Bowls

Candle Drips

These dish-like objects have a hole in the centre. They were either used as candle drips, to catch the wax, or as sconces on a lamp design.

Survivals are rare

Finger Bowls

Likely date for pattern 500 is late 1850s, maybe just creeping into 1860.

The ridged star designs in 505 and 506 start to appear in the early 1860s and both bowls could be part of a larger tableware set.

Bowl 507 bears a fern design which is almost certainly frosted. It is part of a set which includes a sugar and creamer, and perhaps other objects.

It can be dated to either 1862, or more likely, 1863. The frosted creamer bearing this pattern is marked "PATENT", which refers to one of several patents taken out by Molineaux Webb with regards to pressed and frosted glass in 1862-3.

Images

Finger bowl 506 has been found, and a variant which is whole frosted and may be by Edward Moore

Candle Drip 119 - this looks like a close or exact match from Glass Message Board user "NevB"

Images from NevB

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