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Author Topic: possible 'peche melba' glass c.1900.  (Read 769 times)

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Offline Paul S.

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possible 'peche melba' glass c.1900.
« on: November 22, 2010, 08:44:52 PM »
hoping I might get this one correct.            I have compared the image with a recent glass that was id'd as a champagne coupe - from which you can see that this smaller glass has a deeper bowl and a smaller diameter.  Again, it has a ground/polished concave pontil mark and a glorious 'ding'.    I have reason to believe it might be a peche melba glass from about 1900 (a 'dessert' that was created in honour of Dame Nellie Melba, the Oz opera singer, apparently).   The bowl certainly looks too deep for a 'coupe' - height is about 5"/125mm, and the faceted stem is again hollow.   The wheel engraved design is not quite a 'greek key motif', but near enough.   Grateful for anyone's thoughts, and thanks for looking. :)

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