Author Topic: Mystery Pressed Glass Crown (that glows!) (Read 6511 times)

Leni · « **Reply #10 on:** March 07, 2005, 02:10:52 PM »

Quote from: "Bernard C"

I'm only a grumpy old man ... quite unforgivable of me to express an opinion in such a mysterious area. What you really need is a grumpy old gal with hatpin experience!
Oops, I see Anne got there first, while I was warming up my lunch. That's two votes for hatpins.Bernard C.

Make that three! I was about to post when I saw Anne's reply and then Bernard's!

I guess that makes Anne & me the afforesaid grumpy old women with hat-pin experience :lol:

Leni

Glen · « **Reply #11 on:** March 07, 2005, 07:57:29 PM »

Anne, Bernard, Leni - do you know, I think you are right. It makes perfect sense and it's about the right size to take a range of sizes of hatpins. I had reckoned the interior wall was to stop flower stems from moving and slipping inside. But hatpins. That's SO much more believable. And yes, I can even see a couple of long thin marks on the interior base that could conceivably have been made by hatpins

I had also thought that the holes would allow jewelry to get dusty, and for the same reason it couldn't be a covered sugar or a powder box. But yes, I do believe the three of you are the charm! You have had a EUREKA Moment (hope you enjoyed it :lol: ) Thank you all so much for your help. I'm really grateful.

One more point, someone suggested to me today that Matthew Turnbull might have been the maker. Any thoughts?

Adam · « **Reply #12 on:** March 07, 2005, 10:17:25 PM »

Glen - This is only a gut feeling, but I doubt Turnbull. I've always thought of them as producers of cheap and nasty stuff - they certainly were during the short period when "my" era overlapped with theirs. Your crown looks too good to be theirs but I emphasise that, for all I know, 19th century Turnbulls might have been brilliant.

Adam D.

Anne · « **Reply #13 on:** March 08, 2005, 02:48:43 AM »

Glen, I happened across a reference to a book on Hatpins and Hatpin Holders - it's by Lillian Baker, ISBN 0764304852, and there's a copy listed on eBay at the moment (4532502371) - it may throw some light on your crown holder possibly? HTH

Anne · « **Reply #14 on:** March 08, 2005, 02:50:30 AM »

Quote from: "Leni"

I guess that makes Anne & me the afforesaid grumpy old women with hat-pin experience :lol:
Leni

Heh heh heh I'll go along with that Leni! :lol:

Glen · « **Reply #15 on:** March 08, 2005, 07:47:32 PM »

A very strange thing happened. I posted a "thank you" to Anne and Adam on this thread, and it has vanished. So, I'll do it again .....

Adam, many thanks for your input and your thoughts re. Turnbull. I appreciate it and respect your knowledge and experience.

Anne, many thanks for the tip and your help. Much appreciated.

Glen

Frank · « **Reply #16 on:** March 08, 2005, 07:49:55 PM »

Strange it should vanish, someone else lost two postings yesterday too. Perhaps we had a gremlin in the database.

Glen · « **Reply #17 on:** March 08, 2005, 07:52:52 PM »

Perhaps it was that THING in the Red Glass Bottle that scared Ivo so! :twisted:

Frank · « **Reply #18 on:** March 20, 2005, 09:33:09 AM »

Glen,

Cannot find your crown article.

Glen · « **Reply #19 on:** March 20, 2005, 11:27:23 AM »

Frank - I took the article down off my website - I was running out of space and needed to put a whole lot more Carnival stuff up.

However, there is no doubt that my crown is the same as the one in that eBay auction. I have contacted many people with regard to the crown and I still haven't come up with the "final answer" - lots of questions still remain. I'll post a comment on the new thread "Bagley - George and Mary Trinket Bowl"

Glen