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Title: Scotland's Glass another milestone...
Post by: Frank on February 01, 2009, 11:09:15 PM

The Catalogue now contains over 4,000 items with 7,000+ images. With 1000's more in the pipeline.

We have a dedicated group gathering material for Caithness weights and ware, but no-one is doing much to get the rest of Scotland's glass showing (and I can only do so much). So if you have anything by a Scottish maker - Art, Collectable, Industrial, laboratory.... send in pictures or information please.

Anyone whose work is not currently shown will jump the queue to increase the comprehensiveness of coverage. No limits on items per person/company and no limits on the number of images for each piece.

Title: Re: Scotland's Glass another milestone...
Post by: dexterhoopie on February 02, 2009, 08:52:56 PM

I have 4 caithness decanters and 3 sets of martini/liquor/wine/champagne glasses... do you want pictures for your site??

I collect them you see  :)

Gina

Title: Re: Scotland's Glass another milestone...
Post by: Frank on February 02, 2009, 09:23:02 PM

Certainly, images as large as possible and on a plain neutral background please. It helps if we can show several angles and any markings on the base. Email limit 4mb each, using e-mail button to left of this posting, thank you.

Please mention dimensions and any details that you know of. Pictures remain your copyright.

Title: Re: Scotland's Glass another milestone...
Post by: dexterhoopie on February 02, 2009, 09:34:13 PM

ok then, i'll put my photograpy skills to work as soon as i can... anything to help the cause!  :)

Title: Re: Scotland's Glass another milestone...
Post by: 18thCGlass on March 27, 2009, 06:12:07 PM

Does this include Scottish Georgian glass Frank? Scotland produced some distinctive stems/forms and engraving.

Trev.

Title: Re: Scotland's Glass another milestone...
Post by: Frank on March 27, 2009, 06:59:44 PM

Absolutely... 17th Century too if you can find some.

Title: Re: Scotland's Glass another milestone...
Post by: 18thCGlass on March 27, 2009, 07:38:17 PM

OK Frank. I'll do some serious homework; and send some stuff to you. There are some distinctly Scottish stems/forms and engraving; mostly attributed to Edinburgh; though Alloa is an obvious source of Nalsea type early 19th C bottles etc, some with seals. I'll be ignoring the Jacobite engraved 18th C glasses  (:( an obvious minefield!) and best passed by .......... though there are some authentic examples ........  :) Don't hold your breath for any 17th C attributable ........... though there might be .....

Title: Re: Scotland's Glass another milestone...
Post by: Frank on March 28, 2009, 12:45:12 AM

A couple in museums... and a few fragments lurking.  ;)

A little piece on Jacobite by Seddon
http://www.scotlandsglass.co.uk/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61&Itemid=35