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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: dinklepip on August 06, 2012, 01:45:12 PM

Title: Stunning Engraved Box
Post by: dinklepip on August 06, 2012, 01:45:12 PM
Nearly didn't go to the car boot at the weekend but I am so glad I did as I picked up this stunning crystal box.  The only thing I could find out about it was that the lady doing the car boot was clearing our her mother in law's house due to her passing.  It rings Bohemian to me, lovely amethyst colour and I am loving the design. Has a little damage but I fell in love with it.  BTW it only cost me £1

Any ideas anyone please
Title: Re: Stunning Etched Box
Post by: Lustrousstone on August 06, 2012, 01:51:46 PM
It's very pretty. It's not etched; it's engraved. Is the box cut to shape or pressed/moulded? And is it really lead crystal?
Title: Re: Stunning Etched Box
Post by: Paul S. on August 06, 2012, 02:02:23 PM
I would agree - definitely wheel engraved, and very attractive.          Look at the lips of the lid and base - have they been ground/polished giving a square finish, or are they smooth and rounded in profile.
Title: Re: Stunning Etched Box
Post by: dinklepip on August 06, 2012, 02:11:25 PM
sorry I meant engraved durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.  Here are more images
Title: Re: Stunning Etched Box
Post by: Paul S. on August 06, 2012, 04:40:14 PM
Believe lead oxide is added to not only to help refract the light on cut glass, but also apparently to make the cutting easier - in the U.K. the percentage to qualify for full lead crystal used to be 33% I think, although some Continental factories drop this to 24%.    If full lead crystal then the weight of a piece should seem heavy for its size - if soda glass then noticably lighter - try supporting the base section on three finger tips and then flicking.         An increase in the lead content should give  a slightly darker grey/slightly bluish tint.           At 100%, it becomes opaque ;)
Obviously with eight sides this shape has been produced in a mould, and if you look at the sides, and possibly the bottom, this fact should be apparent i.e. no grinding/polishing marks to be seen on the flat areas (if the opposite is true, then possibly the mould was leaving surface marks).           The lips were ground/polished/bevelled to remove any irregularity after removal from the mould.
On the screen I'm seeing a colour which reminds me of Dartington 'Midnight' - rather than amethyst, is this just me?  -  I wonder if there is any sun-purpling.
Anyway, it's very attractive -  although none of this helps you with an attribution, origin or date.
Title: Re: Stunning Etched Box
Post by: dinklepip on August 13, 2012, 05:40:05 PM
still no ideas on origin please ???
Title: Re: Stunning Etched Box
Post by: Anne on August 13, 2012, 05:41:23 PM
Give us time.  :-* What size is it please?
Title: Re: Stunning Etched Box
Post by: dinklepip on August 13, 2012, 06:42:12 PM
sorry hon, am I being impatient again lol, 4" high, 6" wide and it's flippin gorgeous lol
Title: Re: Stunning Etched Box
Post by: Anne on August 14, 2012, 03:03:38 AM
It sure is! And something's niggling in the back of my mind that I've seen something similar somewhere too... just wish I could recall where! :)
Title: Re: Stunning Etched Box
Post by: dinklepip on August 15, 2012, 10:39:03 AM
ditto that Anne, extremely annoying when the ole brain won't work lol
Title: Re: Stunning Etched Box
Post by: dinklepip on October 31, 2012, 10:10:52 PM
still no ID on my beautiful box
Title: Re: Stunning Etched Box
Post by: Paul S. on November 01, 2012, 03:01:49 PM
it may well not help anyway, but in view of the type of decoration perhaps the subject title should be changed to show that this is an engraved piece rather than etched. :)
Title: Re: Stunning Engraved Box
Post by: dinklepip on February 24, 2013, 08:54:49 PM
still no ideas on my box please
Title: Re: Stunning Engraved Box
Post by: dinklepip on April 06, 2015, 10:11:01 PM
still also searching for an ID on this one too