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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => British & Irish Glass => Topic started by: jakgene on February 27, 2012, 10:02:45 AM
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Further to an earlier topic ....
Just received this fabulous piece, courtesy of GMB member Carol in NZ who drove a long way to get it for me. It is stunning, and looks well with my pair of 5 ring clear ones.
Thanks Carol, I'd never have owned a 7 ring without you!
I owe you one ! :hug:
Jackie
West Oz
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Fabulous! :smg: :smg: :smg:
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Fantastic, these were expensive to buy when they were produced, it is made with 17 separate gathers and handmade sections - very skillful and labour intensive.
John
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They are still expensive to buy - about $700 usually when I see them on Ebay. Carol got this for me at a very good price - a lot less than that ;D
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how fabulous :clap: they look great together.
m
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How very kind of Carol - a GMB gold star for her I reckon.
I don't know much about these pieces except from what I've picked up on the board. They certainly look very tricky to make. Did they ever go beyond the seven rings?
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according to this site http://ronaldstennettwillson.com (http://ronaldstennettwillson.com) they go up to 9 rings. Now wouldn't I like one of those!
An interesting site, not yet finished - but recently upgraded and looking good. !
Jackie
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Made as standard with 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 and 9 rings. I read (or heard) somewhere that a few 6 and 8 ring variations were made too, no doubt in very small numbers but I have no idea how accurate that information is.
John
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I have a blue six ring, so I do know that 6 ring were made, but they were not a standard item. I have also bid in the past on a 4 ring but was not successful. Apart from 2 ring the even numbered ones are few and far between.
Jackie
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Ooooh - a copse of Sheringhams - they look fabulous!
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Thanks Sue. I should get them all out together.
I also have a pair of 5 ring green,also a pair of each of 3 ring & 2 ring topaz, a pair of amethyst 2 ring . And a pair of 2 ring pink - a really pale pink, but not neodymium glass. (I do like my candlesticks in matched height pairs!) I'll post a pic of the pink - I find them really unusual - not a colour I associate with Wedgwood.
Jackie
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quote............"How very kind of Carol - a GMB gold star for her I reckon"............I'd second that - the lady sounds like a true and genuine friend. :)
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:smg: :smg:Coming in for my "gold star" thanks!! It was a no brainer really- Jackie was amazingly generous with her time when I spent an inadvertent 10 months in Aust last year and the afternoon at her home- drooling over her glass and missing mine like crazy-as you do. I stumbled across the 7 and a three ring when out and about here in Hawkes Bay- did post in the Cafe but only Jackie contacted me about a possible buy. After having it in my hot sticky little hands I was happy to send it on- don't miss it at all. I have quite a few 1, 2 and three rings in clear, amber, purple and blue.
Spent one or two nights hoping that it survived the journey- and it did!! The peasants rejoiced!!
Regards to all and thanks for the nice comments, Carol