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Sid:
Hello:

I have acquired a water pitcher with a swirl body pattern.  It is amber cased over white with acid frosting inside and out.  It has a gound pontil mark on the base.

Any thoughts on maker and time frame?

http://tinypic.com/232oh0

Thanks

Sid

glasswizard:
Sid your pitcher closely resembles ones made by Hobbs, Brockunier and company. They were in  South Wheeling West Virginia and operated from 1863 to 1893. That might be a good place to start your research. Terry in Iowa

Sid:
Terry:

I started there.   My correspondance with the folks who wrote the Hobbs, Brockunier book has resulted in my posting here because this pattern and shape are not indicative of a Hobbs product.

It has been suggested to me that this jug may have come from England or Europe with Stevens and Williams being voiced as one possibility. I look forward to the thoughts of this group.

Thanks

Sid

Frank:
Can you add a picture of the base. Are their a couple of bubbles on the side?

Bernard C:
Sid,

My first reaction on seeing your pitcher was that it is obviously American.   A look through H&G book 9, Cranberry Opalescent, shows that H&G had the same difficulties as yourself.    On p68, the caption of the central pitcher finishes which could have been made by either Hobbs, Phoenix, La Belle, Northwood or even in England.

What is easy to forget is that experienced exporters to the USA like S&W, Webb, and Walsh would have made their export tableware to shapes familiar to the USA public.   So, experience with these companies' production for the British market may not be particularly useful in solving your attribution problem.

I did notice that the Northwood handle in colour plate 1 is identical to yours, but that is not enough for a positive attribution.

Your pitcher looks a creamy yellow to me, but my monitor is not very accurate on colours.    Yellow over opaque white is typical of Walsh Primrose, and an all-over matt finish is typical of their Sateen glass.   However Walsh glass is recorded in their factory pattern books, reproduced in Reynolds, and I cannot find any hint of American shapes in their tableware.   So probably not Walsh.

I can't help further.

Bernard C.  8)

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