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Mdina Vase

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Dave247:
Pip
Thanks for that. Shame i was hoping it was an early piece. Still very nice bit of glass, did yours have numbers on the base?
Have you still got yours or did you sell iy on?

Pip:
Hi Dave, no mine isn't numbered - I've also not come across a piece of numbered Mdina and don't really know what it could mean - hopefully someone like Sue or Mark will be able to shed some light on it.  I've still got mine but am probably going to list it on eBay sometime soonish.

Tigerchips:
There is a mention of a 4 digit date number on some pieces in one of the Collect It magazines but no mention of any other kind of numbers.

MarkHill:
Hi there,
Nice pattern - one of the nicer ones I've seen! Yup, definitely Earthtones, as you already know. Numbers engraved on the base (or written on labels) can mean a number of things, depending on what the number actually is, where it is and when the piece was made:
1. The shape number
2. The order number for a client's particular order
3. The client's reference number
4. A date, in the case of 01, 02, 03 etc only, for later pieces made in 2001, 2002, 2003 etc (this seems not to be consistently applied however)
I'm not aware of any limited editions, but then again I've also learnt to never say never!
There's no real consistency to numbering - Marlene (a very very nice and friendly lady who worked with the Harrises on Malta and continues to work for them today on IOW) told me that in her time there with Michael Harris, numbers on labels could be either 1, 2 or 3 depending on what it says. M prefixed numbers are always shape numbers.
Hope this helps,
All the best,
Mark
www.markhillpublishing.com

Dave247:
Mark
Shame there is no consistancy, then i could say that it probably means  80-160  was made in 1980 & the 160 refers to the pattern?
Thanks very much for the info
Dave

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