Topic: Decided My Choice Of Collecting. (Whitefriars)

[vidrioguapo]

Leni is right.............there are well documented fakes out there in the Bricklayer range.  On the home page of www.whitefriars.com there is an article about them.   Do read it!!!!  Emmi

[Pinkspoons]

Not to mention the Onion and Hooped vase fakes that recently turned up...

[Gilead]

Emmi & Nic.
                  Yes Emmi that's what i am a bit afraid of getting a dud? but will study more first.
Nic funny you mention the Hooped ones because at the moment i am tracking one, not bid yet but am waiting in the wings, to see what it gets up to, in the mean time i got my second Haul today,and have 10 more on the way. some photos here.
                                                                                                                                       Cheers
                                                                                                                                        Steve




PS The tear drops are looking nice got some more colours coming.

[Patrick]

Hi Steve, This is the stuff you should be devoting your efforts toward........... ( read the comments )
http://www.whitefriars.com/isit_contents.php?ID=5668

All best wishes,
               Patrick.

[PAUL H]

Hi Steve.. What do you do for a living and are there any jobs going.  :mrgreen: Paul.

[Gilead]

HI Paul.
           Retired bulider :hiclp: and my knee's are shot from bending, so not greatest job to have, cold wind rain snow, shivering thinking about it,
     Steve

[PAUL H]

Good luck with your wf collecting Steve. Paul.

[Pip]

Hi Steve, This is the stuff you should be devoting your efforts toward........... ( read the comments )
http://www.whitefriars.com/isit_contents.php?ID=5668

All best wishes,
               Patrick.

Why?  Just because it's rare or valuable?  I like a lot of WF but I don't like that so regardless of it's value it wouldn't make it's way into my collection.  Steve, stick to what you like and you can't really go wrong.

[Patrick]

Hi Pip,
On reflection my comments were a bit negative. I was probably trying to say that I find the Whitefriars of the 1930-40 period much more pleasing. I cherish any finds not for there value but to see the skill of the glassblowers that were not driven by the need to ' Churn it out for the masses ' as in the 60's 70's.
Steve, My comment has probably irked you as well as Pip and I apologise. Good luck. Patrick.   

[aa]

All fair comment, but I think everyone is very impressed with your enthusiasm, Steve, and I think that what Patrick was trying to point out is that once you start investigating Whitefriars there is a wealth of history and a huge layer of interesting glass that is often overlooked. This means that what most people think of as Whitefriars is only a small part of the factory's output over the centuries.