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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => British & Irish Glass => Topic started by: mhgcgolfclub on February 06, 2008, 07:22:41 PM
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I thought these were very interesting , I had never seen these before , although described as Ostrich posy vases , I presume they were more likely made for the Australian market and sold as Emu's,
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roy
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Roy: very very cool. I am always amazed as what turns out to be newly discovered Burtles, Tate pieces. The price and high bidder does not surprise me a bit. I have lost a lot of bidding wars with that bidder! thanks for sharing.
Dave Peterson
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Roy & Dave — Colour photograph of an identical example in From Palace to Parlour, cat. no. 168.
Bernard C. 8)
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... although described as Ostrich posy vases , I presume they were more likely made for the Australian market and sold as Emus ...
Good point, Roy. Thompson makes it clear that neither ostrich or emu appeared in the design registration document, and that her use of the word ostrich was simply an observation based on the accompanying illustration. So it could have been whatever the client wanted it to be. Nice marketing.
On the subject of ostriches, Sowerby pattern 1193, Rd 13 February 1877, is described by both Thompson and Cottle as a vase; Thompson making it clear that this was again an observation based on the illustration. Unfortunately this doesn't hold water, both literally and metaphorically, as it is actually an egg stand. Although customarily described today as an ostrich egg stand, it would fit any large egg, so again it could have been whatever the client wanted it to be. Incidentally, I've only ever seen it in black, yet Sowerby advertised it in Gold (Thompson, back cover) and Opal Vitro-porcelain (Cottle, p.57). Has anyone seen an example that is not black?
Bernard C. 8)
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Burtles Tate Emu salt rd 120808 1889.Made for the Australian market to mark the centinery.
Funnily enough after reading this old post some of my folks glass is actually in the Palace to Parlour book.