Webb Corbett Crystal Cut Glass and Decanter Set, 1960s
A set of two decanters, a jug, and glasses with vertical and cross-shaped crystal cuts. The 10 crystal glasses have an etched mark beneath the feet, the rest are unmarked.
A 25 cm high ship's decanter
A 31.5 cm high wine decanter, both with stoppers
Six glasses, 11 cm high and 6 cm diagonal
Ten marked glasses, 11.3 cm high and 5 cm diagonal
and a pitcher of 15 cm high
Webb Corbett is one of the great names in English lead-crystal glass. It was set up in 1897 by two grandsons of Thomas Webb I, called Herbert Webb and Thomas Webb III, together with George Harry Corbett. They took over the White House Glass Works at Wordsley, near Stourbridge in England, from its previous operators, W H, B & J Richardson.
The original company name was Thomas Webb and Corbett Limited, and it was always a completely separate operation from Thomas Webb and Sons which later became Webb's Crystal Glass Co. Ltd., another famous Stourbridge crystal glass company. Thomas Webb and Corbett Ltd changed their name to Webb Corbett Ltd in the 1930's.
In 1969 the company was taken over by Royal Doulton Company, and in 1986 they stopped using the Webb Corbett name. Glass from the former Webb Corbett glassworks was then produced under the name Royal Doulton Crystal...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Crystal Serveware
