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Offline adam20

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Pirelli Pin Tray
« on: April 24, 2012, 05:56:58 PM »
A pin tray with enamelled decoration - has Pirelli label to back, which is why I bought it. Just posting to see what others think.

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Re: Pirelli Pin Tray
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2012, 07:13:26 AM »
Very interesting - I was not aware of Pirelli producing them. I wonder if we can date this by the label?

It looks to have slightly sharper corners than Chance trays, and it's something I have seen before in other trays, but it is such a minefield trying to identify them all. Is the back sprayed with enamel or is it cased/flashed opal?
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Re: Pirelli Pin Tray
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2012, 07:47:19 AM »
This link be maybe of some use. Gary
http://www.ysartglass.com/Pirelli/Pirelliware1.htm

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Re: Pirelli Pin Tray
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2012, 07:55:41 AM »
The tray is sprayed enamel to back - I also was not aware of Pirelli making these - the Pirelli section in Frank's website is very interesting, I have not looked at it for a while.

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Re: Pirelli Pin Tray
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2012, 01:02:47 PM »
Thanks. Slumped glassware was made by several companies from the 1950s, so it is difficult to determine. I would have thought Frank would have found something if it was producing them, so perhaps they were sourced from Chance and rebadged by Pirelli?
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Re: Pirelli Pin Tray
« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2012, 03:45:35 PM »
It seems as though Pirelli outsourced a lot of glass. I saw a labelled paperweight go on eBay for over £60 and it was quite rough looking.

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Re: Pirelli Pin Tray
« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2012, 09:59:45 PM »
£60 does seem rather high for a basic gift type paperweight that was made at Vasart Ltd and marketed through Pirelli Glass. However, decent looking spoke pattern weights from Vasart Ltd can often sell for £40 or £50 and there are collectors who are happy to pay extra for an example with the Pirelli label.
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