Topic: Cranberry and white splatter jug

[a40ty]

Good afternoon all.
Lynne and Christine on 20th. Century Pottery have suggested that I post this jug here. I hope someone will be able to ID it for me.
Jug is 19 cm high and 16 cms wide at the widest.

Very difficult to photo the base, but I can tell you that it is very shallowly concave from the outer edge for about 2 cms in towards the middle. This area is "puckered", almost like the skin that forms on paint. (Or the wrinkles around my 50-odd year old lips )
The centre of the base is more deeply concave and completely smooth.

I have a couple of other pictures if these aren't enough.
Any help greatly appreciated!

[Lustrousstone]

Hmm...

The wrinkling is often seen on mould blown stuff, so that's OK. Is that lots of base wear I see?

[a40ty]

Afraid so! When we were kids, this jug held home-made lemonade and it was whacked around quite a bit. Strangely, there is much more wear to the one side. Perhaps it has been slightly uneven?

[Lustrousstone]

If you've had it that long (cough), it's probably something that could date from late 19th C to 1930s and might very well be Bohemian. I might go with the more recent end of that time span - the glass looks very clear. But there again, I could be wrong. It's very nice, much nicer than yellow splatter

[josordoni]

Hi Aine and Christine...

[Lustrousstone]

I realised later great minds were thinking alike in different places 

[josordoni]

my mind is usually in different places...

I still think this is Bohemian, mid 19th century, and a nice piece...but I am no expert.

I look forward to the antique glass expert view here.

[a40ty]

Thank you for your comments about it being a nice item 
I'm in Scotland at the moment, visiting my Mum and she says that my grandmother,born 1886 used it for milk at breakfast time when my Dad was a lad. My grandmother could have inherited it from her family but I'm not sure.
I'll have a closer look when I get home to see how clear the glass really is.

[a40ty]

Back home again. The glass is pretty clear. Thanks for your help, everyone! ( I'd quite like to believe the older date... )

[Lustrousstone]

The trouble with Bohemian glass is that many of the old designs were made for a very long time, possibly mid-19C to pre-WWII. They were very innovative but also subscribed to the theory if it ain't broke why fix it.