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Author Topic: Dartington Glass - anyone know the age or designer?  (Read 2312 times)

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Dartington Glass - anyone know the age or designer?
« on: June 25, 2011, 06:59:42 PM »
Suspect this is a fairly modern piece but would like to know more about it if poss.

Marked with Copyright sign followed by 'DARTINGTON' in broken upper case type.

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Re: Dartington Glass - anyone know the age or designer?
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2011, 02:14:11 PM »
Here is their website, you may be able to find it if it is still in production: http://www.dartington.co.uk/

If not they have been very helpful in the past, email them and ask: info@dartington.co.uk

A photo of the Dartington mark may help to date it.

John

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Re: Dartington Glass - anyone know the age or designer?
« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2011, 03:19:50 PM »
Many thanks for this, John. I'll give them a try.
Many thanks, Anthony

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Re: Dartington Glass - anyone know the age or designer?
« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2011, 03:24:36 PM »
You were right. They were very helpful. I mailed them this morning and got this reply in the afternoon.

The item is called a Horizontal Vase from a collection called Loop. It was designed by Hanne Bredesen in 2007 and was only in production for two years when it was discontinued from the range.

So now we know...
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Re: Dartington Glass - anyone know the age or designer?
« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2011, 04:53:58 PM »
They seem to understand customer service at Dartington, fairly rare for a British company......  :clap: for Dartington Crystal.

So what are the dimensions of the vase and how far does the hollow bit run?

John

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Re: Dartington Glass - anyone know the age or designer?
« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2011, 07:25:32 PM »
Yes. Completely agree. The vase is approx 9.5 high and the bowl is about 2.5in deep. So not massively practical...
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Re: Dartington Glass - anyone know the age or designer?
« Reply #6 on: June 28, 2011, 07:36:19 PM »
Thanks, that helps to make sense of it.

It looks like it would fall over in a breeze, you don't have a cat do you? :ooh:

John

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Re: Dartington Glass - anyone know the age or designer?
« Reply #7 on: June 28, 2011, 07:47:59 PM »
Hahahaha. Fortunately not. It's surprisingly solid and weighty actually.

Would welcome your opinion on a red glass 'bottle' shaped piece. Can't make up my mind if it's 50s or whether it might've been sold in TK Max. Look out for details if you're interested.

Cheers
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