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Dartington Studio Glass

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Frank:

--- Quote from: "chopin-liszt" ---"cracked" and then reheated and blown again, much in the way of Monart paisley pattern.
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Paisley Shawl is the Monart whorled surface decoration,


The cracked one is called Cloisonne.

chopin-liszt:
:oops:  :oops:  :oops: I knew which bit I meant, Frank, I just wrote the wrong thing down, :oops:  sorry. I said I was having a bit of an off time just now! Perhaps I'd better just crawl away and hide until I get over it!!!  :(   :wink:
I also forgot to apologise to Max for not reading what she'd written properly - Max, I'm sorry, you did write COLOUR in the context of the copper compound, I just went off at a tangent thinking about copper.  :oops: :roll:

chopin-liszt:
:D Personally, I think Dartington, while currently underrated, will find it's place. Quality normally does, and the popularity of Frank Throwers' earlier designs at the moment will bring the name into public awareness. I think the more recent stuff is stuff to hang on to. I just wish I had more of the Studio range. I googled Dartington, but all I got was cut glass, the only coloured things were Versace glasses.
(I'm not always good at current designer names - I got a great pair of multicoloured stripey trousers by Versace from a charity shop. I had to cut the labels off because they were stitched on with itchy thread. I wore them out one time - they tended to cause comment, and I said to someone who did make a remark - "These are my Visocci trousers".  :oops:  :oops: For those of you who don't live in Dundee, Visocci's is a famous local ice-cream shop!) :lol:

paradisetrader:
I must be weird as I'm not very impressed by the Frank Thrower designs and that seems to be the only Dartington which is collectable at the moment.

I'm mildly shocked to see that they are still in business.
They must be one of the very few English glass companies to survive intact. BUT they have a very limited range going by their website.
http://www.dartington.co.uk/index.html

No "studio" range at all  :(

I used to have a set (4) of these large wine flutes back in the 80s http://www.dartington.co.uk/acatalog/Shop_Online_Sharon_Large_Wine_528.html
Can't afford to replace them now and threw the last chipped one away a few weeks ago :(

glasswizard:
This is what is so great about the board. Here in Iowa, who ever heard of Dartington?  Now I have and have checked it out and I would tend to agree that it is a collectable of the future. Sue, yours are just FAB. A friend sent me a small "Ice" bowl, bet its the baby to yours Max, I just love it. Although I will admit I feel like calling it "Frozen Water Splash" Terry

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