Topic: manual press bowl with polished pontil mark

[McArt]

Hi!

I'm new here, and I'm hoping somebody will recognize this. It is pretty heavy at more than 2kg or 4.5lb and 28cm or 11in.

I would appreciate any input.

Thank You!

[chriscooper]

Very nice 

[McArt]

Thank You  Chris Cooper!

I like it a lot too, I just wish someone would recognize it, at this point I'm positive only on era more or less, other than that no clue, what it is and why it even has pontil mark and million other questions..

[Lustrousstone]

It doesn't have a pontil mark; what it does have is a ground and polished base rim. That is very common on hand-pressed and semi-autmated-pressed items up till post 1950s (ish) when full automation really began to take hold.

The design looks 1930s but could have been made longer. Have you looked at the catalogues here http://www.glas-musterbuch.de/ ? I would start with the German and Czech 1930s ones

[McArt]

Thank You Lustrousstone!

Yes I've been through all catalogues, but did not find anything similar to it.

I have not seen that type of finish on another piece of manual press glass, could You please suggest where I can see some images? or maker who are known for doing this? why would they ground polished pontil type dimple on the base? and what do You think about edge not being a circle, is it by design or is it byproduct of some kind? could You give some examples of similar rim?

I bought it in Germany but the seller did not know anything about it, some people who looked at it suggested that finish looks more French than Bohemian.