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Title: Acid etched mark AAT - Correction IVV
Post by: dclark@rush.edu on April 05, 2006, 04:07:14 PM

Glass geometric bowl, looks to be 1930 French. Acid etched mark is "AAT." Can anyone tell me what the mark might represent? Thanks.

Title: Acid etched mark AAT - Correction IVV
Post by: Frank on April 05, 2006, 04:52:56 PM

Picture of the piece always helps, one of the mark too. Is the mark framed, unframed, script, block, intertwined etcetera or combinations of those?

Title: PHOTO of AAT mark for your study
Post by: dclark@rush.edu on April 05, 2006, 09:30:37 PM

Here is a photo of the etched acid mark. Looking at it again, I may be reading it upside down?

http://i2.tinypic.com/t0rad2.jpg

Title: Acid etched mark AAT - Correction IVV
Post by: Sklounion on April 05, 2006, 09:46:52 PM

Hi David,
What are we looking at here?
The colour is familiar, but I would not like to make either uninformed or informed comment with no view of the item. Is it Victorian, Empire, Art Deco, modernist, post-war, pre-war? Not all marks are recorded, though there may be residual knowledge.
The image of the piece helps us with time lines, allowing folk to eliminate those styles inconsistent with such a mark.
Thanks and regards,
Le Casson

Title: Acid etched mark AAT - Correction IVV
Post by: paradisetrader on April 05, 2006, 11:39:30 PM

Made by
IVV Industria Vetreria Valdarnese, Valdarno Italy
50km from Florence
http://www.ivvnet.it/

Industrial scale manufacturer
I suspect a highly automated plant
Nice quality at very reasonable prices - supplier to TK Max

Title: Acid etched mark AAT - Correction IVV
Post by: dclark@rush.edu on April 06, 2006, 02:45:08 AM

Wow! That was a lot of speedy and helpful responses. Thanks.

This is a geometrically shaped, dark purple bowl that looks to be 1930. I thought it was French. But the IVV solution looks right.

Title: Acid etched mark AAT - Correction IVV
Post by: paradisetrader on April 09, 2006, 10:10:36 AM

David
Cannot be 30's - they were not formed until 1952 - interestingly as a co-operative and still run as such !
They produce 2 million objects per year - 50% exported
A pic of the item would be nice !  :D