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Author Topic: "mn" on a piece of Caithess?  (Read 4066 times)

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Offline Ivo

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"mn" on a piece of Caithess?
« on: August 10, 2006, 09:29:37 AM »
Picked up a Caithness bowl with an orchid engraved (or is it sandblasted?) on it. The bottom has a monogram "mn" - I assume it is the engraver.
Any information who this might be?

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Re: "mn" on a piece of Caithess?
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2008, 12:45:36 PM »
Ivo,
just read this page and found a possible designer for Gilead in other post, cant see an
'mn'  :-\
http://www.glass.co.nz/Caithness.htm

There is an engraver, Denis Mann ??

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Andy

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Re: "mn" on a piece of Caithess?
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2008, 09:31:29 AM »
This page shows the designers/makers/decorators that have been named in Caithness sources along with their work - it will continue to grow:

http://www.scotlandsglass.co.uk/cms/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=20&Itemid=51

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Re: "mn" on a piece of Caithess?
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2008, 11:34:29 AM »
Engraver Denis Mann would be a logical attribution; I have last week found a Caithness engraved vase signed "Barn owl mn"  - and the style is fully consistent with the examples shown.

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Re: "mn" on a piece of Caithess?
« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2008, 01:22:14 PM »

 

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