Prunus	Under Study	Ivy	Larch	Under Study
Daisy				Oak
Barberry				Dog Rose
Hops	Fushia	Under Study	Chrysanthemum	Virginia Creeper

Over the past few months, a small group of knowledgeable collectors have been working to collect, identify and document the designs found on Burmese glass produced by Thomas Webb & Sons of Stourbridge, England during the Victorian era.  Many of these designs were created by Jules Barbe during the period 1886 - 1888 and assigned a name and pattern number.   Unfortunately, however, no illustrations of these designs have been located.  In addition, some Webb designs have been subjectively identified by common botanical name in Fairy Lamps - Elegance in Candle Lighting by Ruf & Ruf.  Many other examples of Webb's designs, however, remain unidentified.

The study group collected numerous examples of decorated Webb Burmese glass and attempted to identify the pattern by common botanical name.  Where possible, the common name was selected from the list of Jules Barbe recorded designs.  If the decoration remained unidentified, it was compared with drawings or photographs of similar appearing plants until an identification was agreed upon.  While most decorations have been identified with some degree of certainty, some are only tentatively identified and few remain a mystery.

If you are unfamiliar with the Burmese decorations of Thomas Webb & Sons, you will find this information interesting and informative.  If, on the other hand, you have knowledge of Webb Burmese decorations, we need your help.  Certainly, your confirmation of the accuracy of the work accomplished so far would be helpful and welcomed.  But, most importantly, we need additional examples of known and unknown decorations, authentic Webb or Barbe documentation of any kind, botanical references to help illustrate the flora, and of course, any information related to errors in our work.

The purpose of the following examples is to bring you uptodate on the work that has been completed by the study group so far.  As you will see, they have accomplished a great deal in the short time they have been working.  But, much work remains to be done. 

If you would like to contribute information to the study simply drop us a note at:

Webb_Study_Group@yahoogroups.com

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Proposed Burmese Decoration Design Names Click on images to view full size image.
Barberry
	BA1000	BA1001	BA1002
Blackberry
	BL1000
Bramble	Examples Needed
Chrysan- themum
	CH1000	CH1001	CH1002
Clematis
	CL1000
Convolulus	Examples Needed
Currant
	CU1000	CU1001	CU1002
Daisy (Rudbeckia)
	DA1000	DA1001	DA1002	DA1003
Dog Rose
	DR1000	DR1001	DR1002
Forget Me Not
	FM1004
Fir (Could actually be Larch)	Examples Needed
Fuchsia
	FU1000	FU1000	FU1002	FU1003
Gooseberry
	GO1000	GO1001
Grape
	GR1000	GR1001	GR1002	GR1003
Grasses	Examples Needed
Hawthorn
	PR1000	PR1001	PR1002	PR1003
Heather	Examples Needed
Holly
	HO1000
Holly & Mistletoe	Examples Needed
Honeysuckle	Examples Needed
Hops
	HP1000	HP1001	HP1002
Iris	Examples Needed
Ivy
	IV1000	IV1001	IV1002	IV1003
Ivy & Berries	Examples Needed
Japanese Berries	Examples Needed
Japanese Creeper	Examples Needed
Larch
	LA1000	LA1001	LA1002	LA1003
Maidenhair Fern
	MF1000	MF1001
Mistletoe
	MI1000
Moss Rose
	MRB1000	MRB1001
Nasturtium
	NA1000
Oak
	OA1000	OA1001	OA1002	OA1003
Pansy & Violet	Examples Needed
Passion Flower	Examples Needed
Periwinkle	PE1000	PE1001
Prunus (See Hawthorne)
Virginia Creeper
	VC1000 Note red berries	VC1001 Note blue berries	VC1002	VC1003
Unknown Designs
Unknown
	U1003 Proposed to be Edelweiss	U1015 Proposed to be Edelweiss	U1016 Proposed to be Bramble or Hawthorn	U1018 Proposed to be Forget Me Not
Unknown
	U1019 Proposed to be Bamboo	U1019a Proposed to be Bamboo	U1020 Note thorns.  Proposed to be Gooseberry flowers	U1020a Note thorns.  Proposed to be Gooseberry flowers
Unknown
	U1021	U1023 Signed with Webb circular mark.	WO1000 Commonly referred to as Woodbine but still under study	FM1001 Commonly referred to as Forget Me Not but still under study
Unknown
	U1029	U1030 Technique appears similar to U1003 and U1015	FM1002 Commonly referred to as Forget Me Not with butterfly but still under study	FM1002 Commonly referred to as Forget Me Not with butterfly but still under study

Jules Barbe Recorded Pattern Names 1886-1888
British Glass,BA1800-1914, by Charles R. Hajdamach, pgs. 433-434. Published 1966 Source: Stan Eveson, Thomas Webb& Sons  Works & Technical Director, 1929 - 1978
No.            Pattern Name	No.            Pattern Name
3253       Barberry (BA)	3142       Holly (HO)
2832.5    Barberry (BA)	3104       Holly and Mistletoe (HOM)
3171       Blackberry (BL)	2830       Honeysuckle (HS)
2821       Bramble (BR)	3105       Iris (IR)
3264       Clematis (CL)	2465       Ivy (IV)
2649       Clematis (CL)	2486       Ivy and Berries (IVB)
2575       Chrysanthemum (CH)	2576       Japanese Berries (JB)
2736       Convolulus (CO)	2787       Japanese Creeper (JC)
2853       Daisies (DA)	3170       Maidenhair Fern (MF)
2735       Dog Rose (DR)	3141       Mistletoe (MI)
3229       Grasses (GR)	2654       Nasturtium (NA)
3314       Fir (FI)	3215       Oak (OA)
3211       Forget-Me-Not (FM)	2681       Pansy and Violet (PAV)
3244       Forget-Me-Not (FM)	3099       Passion Flower (PF)
3115       Fuschia (FU)	3123       Periwinkle (PE)
2363       Hawthorn (HA)	2475       Virginia Creeper (VC)
2618       Heather (HE)
The following decoration names are from "Fairy Lamps – Elegance in Candle Lighting" by Bob and Pat Ruf, Published 1996
Forget-Me-Not & butterfly (FMB)	Oak Leaf (OA)
Hops (HP)	Prunus (PR)
Ivy (IV)	Woodbine (WO)
Larch (LA)	Woodbine with gold trim (WOG)
Moss Rose with Butterfly (MRB)	Foliage (FO)
New decoration names not on either list.
Gooseberry (GO)	Currant (CU)
Grape (GR)

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