Topic: Any further info re flint intaglio hand engraved stourbridge tankard please?

[chriss]

Hi
I've got a pint tankard with hops and barley intaglio design to the body. It's not got any marks on it but is a good quality heavy crystal. There is a hexagonal plastic label which is almost clear, but when I examined it with a strong jewelers loupe and light refracted from the label under a light, you can just about make out (from certain angles and with a lot of eye strain ) the 'ghost' text of 'FLINT' roughly central then around the upper edge of the label, there's 'INTAGLIO HAND ENGRAVED' to the top portion, and 'STOURBRIDGE' to the bottom edge. I'm sure there must have been more originally on the label but I can't see it if it's even there any more. I've tried researching the info that I can see and great-glass.co.uk have info about Webb's Crystal Glass Co who acquired Leith Flint Glass Co (c 1920) and Wordsley Flint Glassworks (1930s) so are one of these the same 'Flint' that made this if the label is anything to go by please as they were also in Stourbridge?
I think t's a good quality piece of glass, but I'm not sure if I am on the right path with the info that I have found?
Any info would be great please?
Many thanks
Chriss
 

[Lustrousstone]

The plastic label puts it well into the last third of the 20C.

[Anne]

Is this the same label as on your tankard, Chriss? http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/intaglio-cut-lead-glass-vase-276352376

[Anne]

Also, it might be coincidental but Stuart used a hexagonal paper label on some of their pieces... https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/569986896565669606/

[Ivo]

I am unable to see anything on pinterest as I absolutely refuse to be forced into installing it.

[brucebanner]

I'm finding the various glass company's used standard blanks then put a pattern on them, if you google Stuart Crystal tankard you will see lots of the same blank with different patterns, it looks like a Stuart tankard to me but with out holding it, it's all i can do to look at the images, regards Chris.

[brucebanner]

It looks like a variant of the Richelieu pattern.

[Anne]

I am unable to see anything on pinterest as I absolutely refuse to be forced into installing it.

It's a website, Ivo, you don't need to install it.

[KevinH]

I agree with Ivo (maybe for slightly different reasons).

Pinterest may be a website, but it is a really annoying one. For people not signed in to it, it covers the lower half of the page with "grey matter asking me to sign in or sign up" and then on every attempt to view things by scrolling down, the grey stuff creeps up to cover the whole page and it never goes away until the site page is cancelled.

I refuse to sign in to any site that operates in that bullying way.

[flying free]

me too .

I'm very suspicious of a website that asks for your email address in that way and am thinking that they are 'harvesting' every email address in the world practically as everyone seems to have to sign in to p i nterest to see pictures.

I don't have facebook either mind 
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