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Author Topic: You could not make it up ?  (Read 1575 times)

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Offline Gary

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You could not make it up ?
« on: June 03, 2013, 09:22:53 AM »
It appears this vendor has made it up, according to vendor Monart was getting made in 1896 and by someone with the initials IB . History being rewritten !!!
I have emailed the vendor that he has interpreted the label wrong and it is a powder bowl with lid missing, waiting for a reply.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Excellent-Moncrieff-Scotland-Monart-Ware-Art-Glass-Bowl-August-1896-/200930216259?pt=UK_Art_Glass&hash=item2ec85fc943

Offline KevinH

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Re: You could not make it up ?
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2013, 10:43:47 PM »
Possible that the vendor was misinformed by somebody else.

But I like the idea of "IB" being the maker ... probably Salvador's father in Spain, meaning "Isart Blown" and intended for the British market. :)
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Re: You could not make it up ?
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2013, 09:17:24 PM »

Offline chopin-liszt

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Re: You could not make it up ?
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2013, 11:20:20 AM »
Great news Gary - some sellers can be trusted and do take good advice on board!
Cheers, Sue M. (she/her)

‘For every problem there is a solution: neat, plausible and wrong’. H.L.Mencken

Offline millarart

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Re: You could not make it up ?
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2013, 04:49:25 AM »
lol I also informed the seller of the codes and date though I put it down from the 30s onwards, if you look on the old listing four of us told her so she eventually took the hint and relisted it
but I did like her original listing, made me chuckle ,
who needs Revatio when you have a collection of Monart

 

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