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Offline djkglass

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Help okra? Paperweight?
« on: September 07, 2016, 10:02:34 PM »
Hi, any help with these marking would be great, many thanks.

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Re: Help okra? Paperweight?
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2016, 10:50:56 PM »
Hello, I'm presuming the piece is entitled 'Autumn' the initials look like RF. Richard Golding usually signs as RP Golding, it may have been by one of his glass workers Raymond Foster, don't have any other information, sorry.  ;D

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Re: Help okra? Paperweight?
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2016, 10:57:02 AM »
Hi,

Thanks for the info, do you know what the O with a line through means? I have only presumed this is Okra because it came in an Okra box, i have another similar paperweight with the O mark and intials D.B

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Re: Help okra? Paperweight?
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2016, 03:13:16 PM »
I have that same mark on a couple Okra pieces the DB is probably Dave Barras, still not sure how to date Okra,  ::) ;D ;D Could you post a picture of the piece ?

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