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Sowerby Pattern

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Anne:
Glen, I agree 1000% about Adam. :)

Adam, thank you for the extra info - it's lovely to be able to add details like you gave to my glassware. You say my cakestand is in the middle of your era - could you give me an approx date for that please? I must say that I do love this stand - it looks wonderful with a small cake selection on it.

Tony H:
Hi Everyone
Here is another photo to show the chrome stand, which is 2.5" high and the plate is 8"

My plate is like Adam says sand blasted and the star polished off, I will keep a look out for others and see if I can find any that where acid etched.

When was this pattern first made?



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Tony H

GLASSMAN:
Hi All
ADAM.......I was intrigued by your mention of chrome plating and wondered if you had any knowledge of Davidsons initial association and then take over by Abrahams of Birmingham. I have one of the 'BRAMA' catalogues showing Davidson glass on various chrome stands but I often wondered if they did chrome plate for other companies or used other companies glass.
Many thanks
Rod

ChrisStewart:
Hi,

There were a number of companies doing plated ware who bought in glass and pottery from manufacturers and then sold on the combined article. Abrahams used glass from other manufacturers beside Davidson. Bagley for example.

You also find the same plated or chrome handles on cake stands made of both glass and pottery. For example the same handle appears on the plate discussed in this listing and on plates by Davidson.

Regards

Chris

Anne:
Question (probably a daft one, but I don't know the answer so I'll ask it anyhow!): How is it possible to tell if the bottoms are sand blasted or etched? The raised part of the star underneath mine is polished and Adam says it's almost certainly sand - how different would it be if it was etched, and would the star then not be polished?

Looking at my Bagley cake stands their metal parts are a totally different style to the Sowerby one, although Tony's Sowerby one is a similar shape to the one on my as yet unknown stand/comport/fruitbowl (the teal coloured one) but the latter has a dull finish like flat aluminium rather than polished chrome. I wonder who made the metal parts for those? Are there any catalogues for the metalware still extant?

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