Topic: Is this a Nazeing bowl?

[Madam]

I've been advised that it might be.  Any help in ascribing it would be gratefully received.

http://www.geocities.com/sarah_springham/bowl005.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/sarah_springham/bowl001.jpg

Kind regards Sarah

[Lustrousstone]

Hi and welcome to the board. Your pictures are rather tiny, just thumbnails, to see. Here's a link on how to post pictures, each one can be 125 kb http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,6522.0.html

[Andy]

Hi Sarah,
while you are working out how to do larger photos, have a look at these links,
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,22026.0.html
and Nigel Bensons website, several examples to compare to yours,
http://www.20thcentury-glass.com/glass/english/nazeing/20041023-04/20041023-04.htm

regards
Andy

[nigel benson]

Hello Sarah, and welcome to the board,

As already said, the pics are a little too small to get the detail that is needed to give an informed opinion (I have tried copying them too enlarge, but they just pixelate). For instance I cannot see the pontil mark in any detail; since this is crucial to dating and ascribing Nazeing, that is a bit of a problem.

Also we need some sizes please, diameter across the top of the bowl will do, but anything else may help. If you can't get more detailed pics a good description of the pontil may well help, along with the measurements.

It is most probably Nazeing, but it is a question of whether it is from the post-war production, or, what is being referred to as Elwell era. Dating is a problem in any case, since details of dates are not known, only generalisations based on Geoff Timberlake' research and book.

Kind regards, Nigel

[Madam]

Hi Nigel - I bought some books from you I think about a couple of years ago - we met up in Croydon.  I hope these links are better.

http://www.geocities.com/sarah_springham/bowl001.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/sarah_springham/bowl002.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/sarah_springham/bowl004.jpg

Kind regards Sarah

[nigel benson]

HI Sarah,

Yes, I remember you. Good to 'see' you again 

The bowl appears to be post-war yellow Nazeing, confirmed from the shot of the pontil. If the diameter is about 9 1/2" it is pattern number 86/1.

Nigel

[Madam]

Hello again  - good to see you too.  The diameter is 10".

[nigel benson]

Hi,

Hmm, the line drawings from the post-war catalogue says 9 1/2" diameter. Having started a process of recording measurements of, mainly pre-war vessels by Nazeing, I have found that a 1/2" discrepancy would be included as being referred to by the 9 1/2". In other words, there were quite wide tolerences, consistant with the pieces being hand blown.

Nigel

[Madam]

Thanks for all your help Nigel