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Title: Isle of Wight large - any idea of the name of the design?
Post by: josordoni on February 16, 2007, 12:24:46 PM
Two questions about this IOW - firstly the flame mark is very very faint and badly impressed.  Does this mean anything?

and does the design have a name?

http://www.clarkagency.co.uk/clicpicfeb/isle_of_wight_large/_local_isle_of_wight_large.htm

edited:  looking at some aurene vases, it looks very similar, but I am VERY loath to assume anything is IOW Aurene, as I am always getting it wrong....what think you?
Title: Re: Isle of Wight large - any idea of the name of the design?
Post by: josordoni on February 16, 2007, 02:57:05 PM
Got an id now for Gold Aurene.  Great.

Looking at the pontil again, it seems very chunky for the flame mark, I'm reading about the coach bolt mark, but I don't know quite what that looks like... does anyone have a piccy?

Title: Re: Isle of Wight large - any idea of the name of the design?
Post by: Andy on February 16, 2007, 03:23:23 PM
Hi Lynne,
the coachbolt is about 2 1/2 cm diameter,, just looks like a blob of glass, that the round top of
a bolt was pushed into, so its like a little bowl, it does leave a little molten glass 'scar'
in the middle, but no flame mark.
Hope this helps,
i will try to get a good photo of one when i get time.
Cheers Andy
Title: Re: Isle of Wight large - any idea of the name of the design?
Post by: josordoni on February 16, 2007, 05:04:44 PM
Thanks Andy, if it is that wide then this is just a scruffy flame mark. 
Still be interested to see a bolt mark if ever you have time to photo it. 

Title: Re: Isle of Wight large - any idea of the name of the design?
Post by: Andy on February 17, 2007, 12:20:00 PM
Hi Lynne,
photos of coachbolt mark.

http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-5211
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-5210

Hope this helps.
Andy :)
Title: Re: Isle of Wight large - any idea of the name of the design?
Post by: josordoni on February 17, 2007, 12:42:14 PM
Thank you Andy, that is most definitely an unmissable lump! 

So I can say without fear of error now that mine is NOT one of those...