Topic: Lord's Last Supper Plate

[Anne]

Not wishing to rain on anyone's parade here, but TerriR's image is an eBay one so there's a copyright question here - TerriR, is this your image or did you borrow it from an eBay sale? If you borrowed it, did you ask permission from the seller to use their image? If not, and if the image isn't yours, we'll need to delete it as per Board Policy: http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,6521.0.html

[TerriR]

I did get it from an eBay photo.  I did not realize I needed permission. I couldn't get a clear shot of mine without glare.
By all means remove it.  I'm sorry if I've done something I shouldn't have.  I will try to get a good shot of mine & put it on.
Thank you so much for letting me know this.  I do not remember reading it in the policy.

[TxSilver]

I've learned a little more about the plates in the last hour. The Model Flint operations were moved to Albany, Indiana in 1893, two years after the production of the plates began. Production of the plates was later done by Indiana Glass, which continued production of them for 50 years. Indiana licensed the design for use by Tiara and probably made them for Tiara to sell.

The first plates made by Model Flint of Findlay are supposed to all have a pale halo emanating from the head of Jesus. It is not a ring like we see in pictures, but more a roughness of the glass to show the energy. I haven't been able to find a colored version of the plate yet, only clear or clear with flash.

[Anne]

Dang, that'll teach me rely on my memory!     It's not in Policy, it's in the Signup Agreement you agreed to earlier today when you joined, which says:

You also agree not to post any copyrighted material unless you own the copyright or you have written consent from the owner of the copyrighted material.

and the Copyright stickie at the top of the Help forum: http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,24434.0.html

Just to clarify, any image which belongs to someone else must not be posted here without their permission unless it clearly states that the image is free to use (i.e. in the Public Domain or is Copyleft). Images from eBay are watermarked by eBay and may not be posted without the consent of the seller who owns those images.

For caution we'll remove the eBay image, if it's still available you can add a link to the sale to show the plate.

[TerriR]

Here's a pic I just took. Still has glare.  I'll try to get a better pic, but this is the plate I have.

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[Anne]

That's much better thanks. Also, this isn't the same pattern plate as the one you added the pic of earlier - that one had different corners - like this one: http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370159362856. Having a pic of your own item will help us give you accurate information.

[deco.queen]

I am looking at the book The Beauty of Albany Glass and there is a picture of this plate in it.  Albany made one but it had a different edge.  It says the original plunger had the rays above the head of Christ but the replacement ones don't.  The picture that looks like this one was made by Indiana Glass. 

[TxSilver]

I checked the Findlay glass book and saw that one of the plates pictured had an edge that was the same as the Indiana Glass pieces and the plate in this post. The halo would be a give-away that the plate was early. I don't know how many years it might have been found on the plates, though. Do you know if all the Albany plates had the halo. I couldn't find the information anywhere.

[deco.queen]

This book says the Albany plate has the broken grapevine at the left edge of the plate, there are rays above the head of Christ, the clusters of grapes around the edge are more bunched and heavier and the grape leaves extend to the edge of the vine.  Indiana changed the edge and the rays above the head are gone.

[TerriR]

So this is an Indiana Glass piece?