Jane Webster, Forgotten Engraver?

摘要

A couple of years ago I was lucky enough to discover a small group of drawings for presentation pieces, all signed by Jane Webster, a name I knew and associated with quality glass engraving. Having secured them, there began a search for information about her. Her initials are 'E.J.', although she is usually referred to, and signs herself as, 'Jane' Webster. Realising from the letterheads that Jane Webster had qualified from the Royal College of Art, I contacted them to find that the only record for a Webster had the wrong first name, but the correct 'J' initial, so a tiny piece of questionable information was put in place and, fortunately, later confirmed.