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Title: Walther Waltraut dressing table set
Post by: glassaddict on October 03, 2006, 06:05:04 PM

Hi,
I am hoping somebody may be able to answer a query for me about the Walther Waltraut dressing table set. My question is this - what were the original pieces that made up the set?. I bought a set in pale blue today. My set is has the same pieces as the one on Pamela's website.
1 tray, 2 candlesticks, 1 large trinket bowl with lid, 2 smaller trinket bowls with lids and a ring holder.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g294/bananabons/My%20collection/Waltrautdressingtableset.jpg

 The ones I see on the web have the clock and less trinket bowls.       Did these sets originally come with the clock ?

Title: Walther Waltraut dressing table set
Post by: Lustrousstone on October 03, 2006, 07:12:02 PM

Your set is what I would call a standard dressing table set as sold in the UK and, having had a quick Google, it would appear that the Waltraut clocks are mostly not in the UK. The answer is I think it depends on the country to which the sets were exported. A vanity clock is not something I've seen in any vanity set in the UK.

Title: Walther Waltraut dressing table set
Post by: glassaddict on October 04, 2006, 08:13:58 PM

Thanks for your help, I have trawled the net and can't find a complete set anywhere - except for the pink one on Pamela's site.
Many thanks,
Hil

Title: Walther Waltraut dressing table set
Post by: pamela on October 04, 2006, 08:31:16 PM

I may report that my complete Waltraud set including the clock originates from England a few years ago on eBay.
nearly nothing has survived here in wwII and for my collection, it is so great to trace all these glasses in UK and abroad (mainly Australia)  :D
look at Mauerhoff's contribution to Pressglas-Korrespondenz regarding export of Walther during that days.

Title: Walther Waltraut dressing table set
Post by: glassaddict on October 05, 2006, 06:25:09 PM

Thank you for your help Pamela. I have tried the pressglass korrespondenz site but unfortunately my German is so bad that I was unable to navigate the site with any ease. Is it possible that you could paste a link to the page I need? - I will use an online translator after that.
Many thanks,
Hil.

Title: Walther Waltraut dressing table set
Post by: pamela on October 05, 2006, 07:11:52 PM

Hi Hil, unfortunately also this contribution of Mr Mauerhoff is not visible online - only readers of PK get it as subscribers.  :cry:
I have got only ADOBE reader, which does not permit to copy and paste
 :?

Title: Walther Waltraut dressing table set
Post by: Sklounion on October 05, 2006, 07:19:18 PM

Hi,
PK is not difficult.
If you follow the instructions which Siegmar Geiselberger supplies, to assist anglophones to find items on PK, you cannot go far wrong.
http://www.pressglas-korrespondenz.de/aktuelles/pdf/pk-2006-3w-suche-google-engl.pdf
Use the German spelling Australie.
regards,
Le Casson

Title: Walther Waltraut dressing table set
Post by: pamela on October 05, 2006, 07:43:32 PM

Australie :?:

Title: Walther Waltraut dressing table set
Post by: Sklounion on October 05, 2006, 07:59:03 PM

Hi,
Sorry Pamela,
English-German and French-German dictionaries give it thus...
feel free to correct me, if I have erred.
Glassaddict:
main Mauerhoff articles on Walther are to be found in PK 2005-1,-2, -3.
PK2004-2, PK 2003-2,-3, PK 2001-3
regards,
Le Casson

Title: Walther Waltraut dressing table set
Post by: pamela on October 05, 2006, 08:10:58 PM

Hi Marcus, I feel sorry because Mauerhoff's script is not visible to Hil, or am I completely off possibilities?

Title: Walther Waltraut dressing table set
Post by: Sklounion on October 06, 2006, 05:52:45 AM

Hi,
Sorry Pamela, I somehow got the idea that the Mauerhoff item was on export of glass to Australia. Mea culpa.
If you can please give me the reference, I can forward the article to glassaddict.
Regards,
Marcus

Title: Walther Waltraut dressing table set
Post by: glassaddict on October 06, 2006, 11:28:36 AM

Thank you both for taking the time and trouble to help me with this - I would really like to read this article as I am really interested in and like Walther glass.
Although a complete novice, I love the feel and quality of their glass - both the vintage and contemporary.
Many thanks, :D
Hil

Title: Walther Waltraut dressing table set
Post by: pamela on October 06, 2006, 08:19:05 PM

It is in PK 2006 - 3 - 10
without adobe writer, as I am,  I am helpless
Markus: which are your possibilities?

Title: Walther Waltraut dressing table set
Post by: AlmasAttic on October 08, 2006, 02:49:55 PM

Hi
I recently had in a complete Waltraut set in topaz, with the matching clock
purchased from an estate here in Florida

Just got in a pink set, no clock

Title: Walther Waltraut dressing table set
Post by: glassaddict on October 08, 2006, 03:51:22 PM

I have seen pink amber and green on the web but none in blue - are these sets scarce?  
Hil

Title: Walther Waltraut dressing table set
Post by: glassaddict on October 09, 2006, 09:58:26 PM

What is the long dish used for, that you show with your set Pamela?
Many thanks
Hil

Title: Walther Waltraut dressing table set
Post by: Lustrousstone on October 10, 2006, 06:33:21 AM

I think they were for hairpins or hatpins or both!

Title: Walther Waltraut dressing table set
Post by: pamela on October 10, 2006, 07:26:05 PM

Hi Hil,
the oblong is about 20 cms long and is for comb and small brush I presume

Title: Walther Waltraut dressing table set
Post by: glassaddict on October 10, 2006, 08:19:04 PM

Hairpins, hatpins comb and brush  it all makes sense.
Thank you both
Hil