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David E:
Hot on the heels of this... a smaller red milk vase was recently sold on eBay for £40. It's reasonable to expect that Chance made all three colours in both sizes.

Anne E.B.:
David, did Chance ever make handkerchief lamp shades?  I'm only asking, because there were a couple recently on ebay described as being possibly made by Chance.  It was difficult to tell though from the picture.

David E:
Well, yes... and no!  ::) :angel:

I'm pretty sure I know the ones you mean and mentioned to the seller that I was certain these were not made by Chance. There have been other cases of lampshades being wrongly attributed to Chance, but after discussing this with the former general manager (1959-81), he confirms the only ones Chance made, were experimental and merely involved modifying large 7-in handkerchief vases with a hole drilled in the centre. Good idea, but Chance never progressed this.

BUT, before everyone sneaks off and starts wrecking perfectly good handkerchief vases, there were only a very few converted, and probably none that ever survived (apart from one in aforesaid gentleman's garden, which he kindly dug up for me as proof! ;D)

So if any of these converted vases do ever appear, I would be extremely sceptical that they were genuinely intended to be lampshades.

Anne E.B.:

--- Quote from: David E on September 06, 2007, 03:45:22 PM ---Well, yes... and no!  ::) :angel:
BUT, before everyone sneaks off and starts wrecking perfectly good handkerchief vases, there were only a very few converted, and probably none that ever survived (apart from one in aforesaid gentleman's garden, which he kindly dug up for me as proof! ;D)

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Leeks or rhubarb?  ;D

Recently at a carboot sale I spotted what looked like (from a distance :o), large Chance handkerchief vases but they turned out to be old lamp shades made from plastic, which was disappointing.    

David E:
Think he was trying to grow some more... "get yer ripe juicky hanky vases, only 50p a kilo"

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