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Title: Isle of Wight Studio Glass Stoppered Perfume Bottle... Any Info Appreciated
Post by: Greg. on September 17, 2011, 03:19:17 PM
Hi All,

Recently purchased this Isle of Wight Studio stoppered perfume bottle. Measures 5.5 inches wide and approx 4 inches tall and has the flame pontil mark.

Just thinking about the date and pattern of this piece. I guess the flame pontil would date it to sometime in the 70s, however am I correct in thinking that this is a relatively earlyish pattern and could date from sometime between 1973 and 1975. Assuming if it was any earlier, it would have either a broken pontil mark or the coachbolt mark.

The paper label has come off, I've attached a separate photo below. Very similar to the label in Mark Hill's book although  doesn't have the England wording. I purchased the bottle from a collector in the states so don't know if this has a bearing on the omission of the 'England' wording.

Any thoughts / confirmations on date and pattern greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Greg

 :sun:
Title: Re: Isle of Wight Studio Glass Stoppered Perfume Bottle... Any Info Appreciated
Post by: chopin-liszt on September 17, 2011, 05:45:23 PM
Ummm. Obviously, it was made in the period the flame pontil mark was used....

possibly, but this is pure conjecture, in the earlier period before this design got dropped - not that it ever was established.

Other thoughts Greg? - it's pink and hideous, keep it away from me!   :thud:
Title: Re: Isle of Wight Studio Glass Stoppered Perfume Bottle... Any Info Appreciated
Post by: Greg. on September 17, 2011, 07:00:41 PM
Thanks for you thoughts Sue.

I was interested in the date and duration this could have been produced primarily as you mention this design was never an established one at Isle of Wight Studio Glass. As I don't generally collect Isle of Wight Glass my knowledge of how long this particular design would have run is somewhat limited. I was guessing correctly or incorrectly that the bottle was likely to be pre 1975 in date as after this date most pieces produced would have fallen into a specific range of one kind or another.

Perhaps your reaction to the colour explains why it never made it as an established range. ;) I must confess I quite like it, so maybe its just like Marmite.




Title: Re: Isle of Wight Studio Glass Stoppered Perfume Bottle... Any Info Appreciated
Post by: glassobsessed on September 17, 2011, 07:08:54 PM
1974 probably, pink swirls on it's own doesn't seem to have been made for very long (I vaguely remember Ron saying 1974). The obviously earlier bits that I have with a paper label also have England omitted.

It is an 'established' design just not in a colour that was used for long.

Sue is just fibbing, she's using reverse psychology - she wants it for her birthday! >:D

John
Title: Re: Isle of Wight Studio Glass Stoppered Perfume Bottle... Any Info Appreciated
Post by: Greg. on September 17, 2011, 07:59:52 PM
Thanks for your thoughts on the date and label John, much appreciated.

Greg

 :)
Title: Re: Isle of Wight Studio Glass Stoppered Perfume Bottle... Any Info Appreciated
Post by: glassobsessed on September 17, 2011, 08:08:23 PM
Again, Ron Wheeler might have more definitive info. Pink and blue swirls did not turn out to be that popular either, running from 1974-1976. It was tortoiseshell that was most successful running for almost ten years - brown was big in the seventies....

John
Title: Re: Isle of Wight Studio Glass Stoppered Perfume Bottle... Any Info Appreciated
Post by: Carolyn Preston on September 18, 2011, 12:03:23 AM
It was tortoiseshell that was most successful running for almost ten years - brown was big in the seventies....

It went so well with avocado green and harvest gold  :thud:  :ooh:

Carolyn
Title: Re: Isle of Wight Studio Glass Stoppered Perfume Bottle... Any Info Appreciated
Post by: chopin-liszt on September 18, 2011, 10:04:13 AM
I like avocado green. I always have.  :smg:

perhaps not for bathroom furniture, though.

Does the stink puff in your bottle turn green in a different light?

Weird observation in the pink and blue range (I don't have any any more - got rid!) is that in some of them - not all - that the pink colour does a dichroic thing.
No, I don't want it for my birthday.  :P
Title: Re: Isle of Wight Studio Glass Stoppered Perfume Bottle... Any Info Appreciated
Post by: Greg. on September 19, 2011, 11:13:48 AM
No real change to the colour on this one.

I do have vague memories of growing up with an avocado bathroom suite in the seventies, I thought I had erased it from my memory. They do say fashions quite often run in cycles, but lets hope not in this case.

 ;)
Title: Re: Isle of Wight Studio Glass Stoppered Perfume Bottle... Any Info Appreciated
Post by: suzygpr on September 26, 2011, 12:10:19 PM
Sue may hate pink but I don't!  I think this piece is fabulous.

I've not managed to get any pink swirl bits yet so I'm quite green yet again - Greg you seem to have a knack of upsetting my natural English Rose complexion (no need for you to mention my thorny bits John) and turning me into a Shrek lookalike.

Suzy xxx
Title: Re: Isle of Wight Studio Glass Stoppered Perfume Bottle... Any Info Appreciated
Post by: chopin-liszt on September 26, 2011, 12:36:23 PM
Suzy don't worry  :hi: - you're far more like Fiona than Shrek.

If I ever do come across a pink swirly thing you know I'd overcome my aversion and I'd get it for you immediately - whether or not I have rubber gloves and a face-mask to protect myself, such is my devotion.  :smg:
Title: Re: Isle of Wight Studio Glass Stoppered Perfume Bottle... Any Info Appreciated
Post by: Greg. on September 26, 2011, 01:28:27 PM
Thanks Suzy. I generally haven't collected much Isle of Wight Studio glass before, so may well be selling this at some point.

Just to add this to the thread, I took John's advice and Ron Wheeler kindly confirmed the date at late 73/74 and made by Michael.



Title: Re: Isle of Wight Studio Glass Stoppered Perfume Bottle... Any Info Appreciated
Post by: chopin-liszt on September 26, 2011, 01:50:40 PM
You need to promise Suzy that she'll be the first to know when you list it!
Or, if you were to give it to me for my birthday, I'd give it straight to Suzy for her unbirthday. (I know she doesn't "do" birthdays, you see.)
Title: Re: Isle of Wight Studio Glass Stoppered Perfume Bottle... Any Info Appreciated
Post by: Greg. on September 26, 2011, 02:22:05 PM
I'll give you the heads up Suzy if I put it up for sale.  :)

Generally I like to have a fairly narrow collecting field as from past experience things can easily escalate out of control! That said there's always a piece of glass or two out there that's the exception to the rule!

I'll have a think about the birthday suggestion. :-\
Title: Re: Isle of Wight Studio Glass Stoppered Perfume Bottle... Any Info Appreciated
Post by: suzygpr on September 26, 2011, 02:26:17 PM
 :thup:  Cheers Greg!  I will definitely be interested.

I'm very tight on what I collect now too - there's never enough shelf space even though I've bought more display shelves and seriously trimmed the stuff that's out on display.  With the National coming up I'm sure I'll have to do some more shuffling.

Suzy xxx
Title: Re: Isle of Wight Studio Glass Stoppered Perfume Bottle... Any Info Appreciated
Post by: chopin-liszt on September 26, 2011, 02:36:34 PM
 :24:
Don't think too hard, Greg - you'll get a headache which would be a waste of your effort - the outcome won't change, we wouldn't expect it to.  :thup: