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Offline Lustrousstone

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Ming "chemist's" bottle
« on: August 31, 2015, 07:13:22 PM »
A lovely and large thing I picked I up. Not too common I believe and earlyish I suspect, though post-Harris. 8.5 in tall, polished pontil mark and full of bubbles, large and small

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Re: Ming "chemist's" bottle
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2015, 09:38:01 PM »
Interesting Christine, not often this gets asked - can we have another photo of the signature but not quite so close?

No scratch that, the thumbnail is fine. ;D

A polished pontil mark would be unusual on a bit of Ming or have I just missed seeing one before?  :-\

John

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Re: Ming "chemist's" bottle
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2015, 06:11:50 AM »
I'd say it is merciful.

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Re: Ming "chemist's" bottle
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2015, 06:29:34 AM »
It has a very big bottom (No like owner remarks please), so a pontil mark makes sense.

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Re: Ming "chemist's" bottle
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2015, 11:18:04 AM »
Mine has a different base, it is slightly rounded, with a flat base polished into it.
The script on yours looks very like Dobson's writing,  8) the script on mine is big and in an early (spidery, loopy) style too.

I have seen far more MDG bottles this size than I have Mdina ones.
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Re: Ming "chemist's" bottle
« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2015, 11:55:01 AM »
Mine has a flat marvered bottom with pontil mark

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Re: Ming "chemist's" bottle
« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2015, 12:16:27 PM »
I think the varying base finishes, including the round polished mark, all support the notion of these being early, when they were just "going with the flow" of what the glass was doing and how many folk were available for carrying out finishing processes.
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Re: Ming "chemist's" bottle
« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2015, 07:52:26 PM »
Well Ivo made me laugh with that one...

Mark Hill states Ming was in production "by 1975" (page 50, Michael Harris Mdina Glass...). The Dexam catalogue shows your big bottle Christine without a stopper, I thought that catalogue was 1973 or thereabouts, can anyone confirm or deny?


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Re: Ming "chemist's" bottle
« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2015, 08:09:12 PM »
The top and neck are a little different but is this a 'Ming' ? did post it a while ago but couldn't find the post,  ;D

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Re: Ming "chemist's" bottle
« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2015, 08:17:02 PM »
Same shape Keith but yours was made at Malta Decorative Glass, Ming refers to the particular blue/green decor in Christine's bottle.

 

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