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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => Scandinavian Glass => Topic started by: dinklepip on August 15, 2012, 06:25:50 PM

Title: Pressed Glass Sundae Dishes? ID = Iittala
Post by: dinklepip on August 15, 2012, 06:25:50 PM

Found 4 of these at the weekend in the hope they had a uranium content but noooooo ;D.  Am assuming they are some sort of dessert bowl?  Any ideas of origin and age please

Title: Re: Pressed Glass Sundae Dishes?
Post by: dinklepip on August 15, 2012, 06:26:37 PM

base image

Title: Re: Pressed Glass Sundae Dishes?
Post by: dinklepip on August 15, 2012, 06:27:56 PM

btw the second image makes the base look flat, it is actually concave

Title: Re: Pressed Glass Sundae Dishes?
Post by: dinklepip on August 23, 2012, 11:26:37 AM

boy o boy I happened to be looking for something else and came across this site which shows these glasses

http://www.global-blue.com/destinations/finland/helsinki/souvenir-a-touch-of-glass/

Title: Re: Pressed Glass Sundae Dishes?
Post by: Ivo on August 23, 2012, 11:33:24 AM

They have been around for quite a numbr of years now, i was in Helsinki a few years ago and saw the full range displayed - there must be at least 20 different colours. Pce varies according to colour: reds were impossibly expensive.

Title: Re: Pressed Glass Sundae Dishes?
Post by: dinklepip on August 23, 2012, 11:39:30 AM

I have never ever seen these before, I certainly would not have put these down to Scandinavian.  Just did a search and Google brought up hundreds and hundreds of images  ;D....... so much to learn ::)

Title: Re: Pressed Glass Sundae Dishes?
Post by: dinklepip on August 24, 2012, 09:55:27 AM

pfft and double pfft I managed to smash one yesterday.......butter fingers ::) ::) ::)

Title: Re: Pressed Glass Sundae Dishes? ID = Iittala
Post by: rocco on August 26, 2012, 01:48:14 PM

I would highly doubt that these were designed by Kaj Franck.

They are not in the Iittala book, and no other website gives Kaj Franck as the designer, neither did he work for Iittala in the 1960s.

Here is a >> link (http://www.skandium.com/product-viewer.asp?id=1328) with a more reasonable explanation :)

Michael

Title: Re: Pressed Glass Sundae Dishes? ID = Iittala
Post by: Anne on August 26, 2012, 02:00:14 PM

Michael, thank you, I've amended the ID in the subject line to show just Iittala.

Title: Re: Pressed Glass Sundae Dishes? ID = Iittala
Post by: kisslikeether on August 26, 2012, 05:32:34 PM

Useful info about the design here: http://www.skandium.com/product-viewer.asp?id=1328