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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: dinklepip on August 06, 2012, 01:45:12 PM
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Nearly didn't go to the car boot at the weekend but I am so glad I did as I picked up this stunning crystal box. The only thing I could find out about it was that the lady doing the car boot was clearing our her mother in law's house due to her passing. It rings Bohemian to me, lovely amethyst colour and I am loving the design. Has a little damage but I fell in love with it. BTW it only cost me £1
Any ideas anyone please
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It's very pretty. It's not etched; it's engraved. Is the box cut to shape or pressed/moulded? And is it really lead crystal?
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I would agree - definitely wheel engraved, and very attractive. Look at the lips of the lid and base - have they been ground/polished giving a square finish, or are they smooth and rounded in profile.
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sorry I meant engraved durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Here are more images
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Believe lead oxide is added to not only to help refract the light on cut glass, but also apparently to make the cutting easier - in the U.K. the percentage to qualify for full lead crystal used to be 33% I think, although some Continental factories drop this to 24%. If full lead crystal then the weight of a piece should seem heavy for its size - if soda glass then noticably lighter - try supporting the base section on three finger tips and then flicking. An increase in the lead content should give a slightly darker grey/slightly bluish tint. At 100%, it becomes opaque ;)
Obviously with eight sides this shape has been produced in a mould, and if you look at the sides, and possibly the bottom, this fact should be apparent i.e. no grinding/polishing marks to be seen on the flat areas (if the opposite is true, then possibly the mould was leaving surface marks). The lips were ground/polished/bevelled to remove any irregularity after removal from the mould.
On the screen I'm seeing a colour which reminds me of Dartington 'Midnight' - rather than amethyst, is this just me? - I wonder if there is any sun-purpling.
Anyway, it's very attractive - although none of this helps you with an attribution, origin or date.
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still no ideas on origin please ???
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Give us time. :-* What size is it please?
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sorry hon, am I being impatient again lol, 4" high, 6" wide and it's flippin gorgeous lol
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It sure is! And something's niggling in the back of my mind that I've seen something similar somewhere too... just wish I could recall where! :)
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ditto that Anne, extremely annoying when the ole brain won't work lol
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still no ID on my beautiful box
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it may well not help anyway, but in view of the type of decoration perhaps the subject title should be changed to show that this is an engraved piece rather than etched. :)
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still no ideas on my box please
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still also searching for an ID on this one too