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Lady in the Lake
Glen:
Ivo - many thanks for the map and the identified regions.
Anne - I had considered that possibility too (there is, in fact, an iridised range made in the Far East with a US link that is called "Irice") but the J is undoubtedly a J. It is formed exactly as you see it here, with a curve to the left of the base of the vertical stroke, and a flat horizontal to the left of the top of the horizontal stroke. The lettering is uppercase and not script.
J
A puzzle.
Glen
Ivo:
It could still be Iris - in many sans serif fonts the capital J is used for I which has insufficient body. Some sans fonts only use a serif for the capital I - like this one - just for that reason. Typewriters used to have the lower case L to double as an upper case I (jeez I'm old enough to remember typewriters!)
Anyway, wasn't Iris one of the brand names from Leinauer which started out around 1950 in Leinau which I think is in the US zone? The Bundesrepublik started May 1949 - the GDR half a year later.
Glen:
Leinauer's iridised range was called "Pfauenauge and Kaleidoskop" I believe. It was usually very vivid.
http://www.geocities.com/carni_glass_uk_2000/LGW.html
I haven't seen an I that looks like a J, but I will take your word for it, Ivo and Anne. It certainly would be logical that the item might be called IRIS. Unfortunately it doesn't help us find the maker :shock: sob sob
Glen
Glen:
Oh hang on....... further to what I just wrote in my response about the J or I above.
It just dawned on me.......the second I in the word would surely also look like a J. And it doesn't. It's a simple upright stroke.
Please excuse amateurish looking sketch, but I only have a small photo of the partial label to work from
Glen
Frank:
No sign in Hartmann but there are other examples with the I in J form in a couple of German/Bohemian glassworks. So at least it is certainly IRIS.
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