Topic: Strange, chubby ballerina with some sort of reg number

[Cathy B]

Here's an odd little figure of a dancer, except it's really not very good. She's an odd shape for a dancer, she's not doing the splits properly and if her head wasn't looking up like that then she'd have a double chin. The registration number is BRN95907 B/75. I guess that's a British registration number from 1975, perhaps?

http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-2338
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-2337
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-2336

Can anyone tell me anything about who made her - or point me in the direction of a site where I can research the BRN number?

Thanks very much!

Cathy

[Tigerchips]

Splitting the difference as my lady friend would say.  :lol:

I've never seen a registration number like that. I see registration numbers mostly on pottery so perhaps glass is different.

BTW, The BRN number on GlassGallery is different to this one.  :?

[Cathy B]

Hiya Tigger!

The correct number is BRN35907 B/75. I'm thinking, given the quality, it might be something along the lines of Avon. (didn't someone flash like Cambridge have the Avon contract for a while?)

Cheers
Cathy

[dirk.]

hi Cathy,

i was just about to begin a new thread, but - learning curve! - used the search option first.
today i found another figure with a similar registration number: BRN3509B/75
it has a bit more art déco look than yours; made of green glass, all satinised (inside base)
~ 11cm tall
hope it´s ok to add it to this thread?
did you get any additional information about the reg. number in the meantime?

[Cathy B]

Hi Dirk,

No I never found out anything more about her. Interestingly, a figure very like yours was being sold by the same person from whom I bought mine.

Max has mentioned figures which turned out to be some sort of resin. Having not handled mine in a while, I was absolutely certain mine was glass but I'm keeping an open mind.

[Bernard C]

Cathy et al — The multitude (or should it be plethora?) of patents and registrations on an early '30s Lillicrap's Hone includes:-

FRANCE BREVET NO. 708000

Could the BRN on your dancer be an abbreviation for Brevet No.?

... and what is a French Brevet No.?   Is it the exact equivalent of a British registration number, or are there differences?

... and I'm always wary of nice tidy numbers like 708000, which are likely to be category, filing, or temporary numbers.

Bernard C.  

[Sklounion]

http://www.inpi.fr/fr/brevets.html

[Bernard C]

Marcus — Grateful thanks for the website reference.   I've been through it, and it looks to me similar to a British design registration number, but I'm afraid my holiday French is not up to the fine detail, so I hope some kind person happens by who can check this.   In particular, I could not find any reference either to how a Brevet number should be shown on what it protects, or to any archive showing what numbers had been used in the past.

Bernard C. 

[Cathy B]

Many thanks Bernard and Marcus. I can't help with the French at all either. Perhaps Dirk can help?

I was rather rude to my poor ballerina. These days, dancers are so skinny that I couldn't imagine one that shape. That said, there's something very odd about her posture and proportions.

[dirk.]

thanks to all!

unfortunately my french is about as good as my suahili, which means it´s all greek to me either...
i´ve tried the search option with numbers - to no avail. also made an attempt with ´BRN´ on
ebay.fr - same result.

perhaps BRN isn´t a registration number of a country, but e.g. an abbreviation of a brand name? (just
thinking loudly)