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Author Topic: Green lidded footed jar - not Holmegaard, possibley Empoli?  (Read 669 times)

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Offline malcyp

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Green lidded footed jar - not Holmegaard, possibley Empoli?
« on: June 21, 2009, 12:01:32 PM »
hi this preserve jar is 9" x 4".when i bought it i was thinking holmegaard,then i got home and checked it against the one in the 20th century glass book and there were a few differences.
so i am quite unsure now.
please help ,thank you all
malc
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Re: is this holmegaard?
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2009, 04:21:13 PM »
Looks quite Italian to me, c.1970s.
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Re: is this holmegaard?
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2009, 04:49:48 PM »
would it be murano or something else do you think?
well it's still quite a nice looking piece,someone will like it i'm sure,it will go in the cabinet.
thanks for your help again

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Re: is this holmegaard?
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2009, 05:05:50 PM »
Not really my field - but I'd guess one of the Empoli factories. I might be wrong.
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Re: Green lidded footed jar - not Holmegaard, possibley Empoli?
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2009, 09:31:49 PM »
Empoli for certain but very hard to pin down on a single factory.
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