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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => USA => Topic started by: horochar on February 27, 2011, 02:20:33 PM
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This pair of electric blue bowls appears to be vintage. I am wondering who the producer may be,having disqualified (in my mind) Scandi, Murano and British Isles. I'm wondering if it may be Tiffin. Thanks,
Charles.
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Two more views.
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Just a guess really, but maybe Czech, possibly Chribska?
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You can eliminate Tiffin Modern. The most important aspect how to determine Tiffin Modern bi-color, ruby, emerald, smoke, sapphire, etc. on either crystal or twilight base blanks is simple. Tiffin Modern bi-color is color on crystal or color (twilight blank) on color & the color is layered on the base blank, never, ever cased...in other words the color is not encased in a crystal or colored casing, there are two distinct layers of glass, the base blank & the color layer. You can take your fingernail & easily feel where the color layer has been layered to the blank & you cannot due that with cased glass where the colors are coated with a crystal casing. There is one other U.S. company thats a bit of a fooler...Marion glass in the 50's used this same technique, usually crystal & green combinations, but examples are far from common. Ken
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http://www.vikingartglass.com/glass-gallery.php (http://www.vikingartglass.com/glass-gallery.php) Down a little over half way on this page is Flamenco two-hue crystal, it looks like your piece.
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Brilliant link, Janice! :girlcheer:
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Holy Toledo! It's a ringer. Only wish there were a way to edit subject line on these posts ex post facto. Well, at least I got the country of origin right. ;)
Thanks so much,
Charles.