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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => British & Irish Glass => Topic started by: scavo on October 24, 2011, 08:17:00 PM
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Found this pressed glass vase in a charity shop today.
Lovely stepped body.
Base is etched ER with the Crown which is the right way round when viewed from inside.
Hight: 6"
Weight 1lb 14 3/4 oz (872g)
Capacity: 30 fl.oz
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scavo — Phoenix heat-resistant glass by The British Heat Resisting Glass Co., initially Lodge Road*, Birmingham, then Loxdale Road, Bilston. Formed in 1934 by a group of ex-Chance employees following Chance's abandonment of Orlak heat-resistant glass at the end of 1933. Designed by architect Raymond McGrath in consultation with Elizabeth Craig, the food author.
Looks to me sandblasted rather than acid-etched, but I can't be certain.
New to me — I wasn't previously aware of a Phoenix 1953 Coronation souvenir.
I recognised the pattern and then sourced from Dodsworth, BGbtW, item 245, p.82. See also p.37 and Encill, Chance Expressions, pp12–13.
Bernard C. 8)
* — also Walsh's address. Did Walsh provide them with a home and glassmaking facilities while they were setting up in Bilston?
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Thank you Bernard for your detailed info.
I had a hunch there'd be a connection to Chance but never thought of it being heat resistant glass.
Yes, sand blasted not etched.
I think I'll put it on ebay. Will notify when in the Marketplace. Thanks again.
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... New to me — I wasn't previously aware of a Phoenix 1953 Coronation souvenir. ...
Correction — I meant to say not just "souvenir" but "sandblasted souvenir". See topic Coronation ashtray (http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,21564.0.html) for pressed Coronation souvenirs and, at the end, a link to an extensive and fascinating ongoing history of the glassworks, complete with references to other glassworks such as Walsh, Hailwood & Ackroyd, and Jobling.
Bernard C. 8)
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And here is the teapot http://lustrousstone.co.uk/cpg/displayimage.php?pid=148 just for interest