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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => Glass Reference Websites => Topic started by: Frank on January 26, 2005, 11:24:11 AM

Title: GLASS MARKS & LABELS websites - Updated 6 Jan 2009
Post by: Frank on January 26, 2005, 11:24:11 AM
Following sites show lists of glass marks and labels etc., covering Australia, France, UK, US and some other Europe.  If you know of others covering other countries including modern and Glass Artist signatures and labels please post link in the Glass forum:

One special link To a list of links on fakes (http://cgi3.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=auction*sellers*against*fakes)

Carolus book on glass trademarks. 11,000+ marks and labels from 1600-1945 Europe and North America. This is a Glass Museum link to Amazon, if you buy from this link it supports this site: BOOK LINK (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/3925369376/ref=nosim/glassmuseumonlin)

British post war Angela's article (http://www.glass.co.nz/trademarks.htm)

General Global By our Anne (http://glasslinks.yobunny.org.uk/)

Glass labels and signatures by country of origin On our GlassGallery (http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/index.php?cat=6)

Murano glass labels and signatures On our GlassGallery (http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/thumbnails.php?album=102)

Known fake signatures On our GlassGallery (http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/thumbnails.php?album=491)

Good range Great Glass website (http://www.great-glass.co.uk/glass%20notes/mark.htm)

Good range Heartland Discoveries (http://www.heartland-discoveries.com/dictionary.htm)

Mostly US Heathers Antiques (http://www.heanosantiq.com/glass%20marks.htm)

Mostly US Bottles marks and glass labels Many colour pics (http://www.chataboutdg.com/pics/categories.php?cat_id=223&sessionid=654c99f9c8d1c473c459b3f3504245e3)

Bottle marks International My Insulators site (http://myinsulators.com/glass-factories/bottlemarks.html)

Bottle marks US International link (http://www.angelfire.com/tn/traderz/marks.html)

Bottles - mostly Australia Aussie Digger site (http://www.users.bigpond.com/oz-riley/bottledating.html)

Leerdam, Dutch Ivo's site (http://www.xs4all.nl/~abel/leermark.html)

Bud vases labels - International Bud vase labels (http://www.glassbudvases.co.uk/split2_identification.htm)

US cut glass American Cut Glass Assoc (http://www.cutglass.org/articles/trade.htm)

Swedish Glass (& pottery) Designer codes etc (http://www.potteryglass.com/Designer&Comany.htm)

Italy, Sweden FinlandUschi and Rainer Losch site (http://www.the-loschs.com/signatur.html) also see their Techniques page (http://www.the-loschs.com/technik.html)

Italy, Some common glass terms explained. Glossary (http://www.artofvenice.com/art/glossary.html)

Murano labels thread IN MURANO FORUM (http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,1749.0.html)

Murano Glass Label Library Murano Glass Label Library (http://67.207.147.118/gallery2/main.php) <~~ NEW!

Victorian Lozenge mark 1st Glass (http://www.1st-glass.1st-things.com/lozengetranslator.html)

Carnival glass. mostly US Woodlands site (http://www.woodsland.com/carnivalglass/pages/trade1.htm)

Fenton labels  Fenton (http://www.fentonartglass.com/fenton_fentonlabel.htm) and handler marks Fenton (http://www.fentonartglass.com/fenton_handlersmarks.htm)

UK - Whitefriars.com (http://www.whitefriars.com/labels.php)

UK - Thomas Webb 1906-80 (http://www.jdl.co.nz/thoswebb.html)

UK - Moncrieff, Monart, Paul Ysart, Vasart, Strathearn, Pirelli ysartglass.com (http://www.ysartglass.com/BaseLabel/Labels.htm)

Lalique - http://www.deco1925.com/sigexamples.htm (http://www.deco1925.com/sigexamples.htm)

Loetz - http://users.skynet.be/fa000612/identifying.htm (http://users.skynet.be/fa000612/identifying.htm)

Not labels but useful link to Museum of London's glass archive:
http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/ceramics/pages/glass.asp (http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/ceramics/pages/glass.asp)

Art Glass signatures - http://www.webspecialty.com/artglass/