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Frank Eisner
Frank:
He was at Waterford in the 1950's. But exact dates are not known yet. Hoping that family records will be saving some time... have made a connection.
Frank:
Consolidating with current information
Eric Eisnerc1930 – 2006Chemist. Initially at Lemington Glass works starting as a laboratory assistent in 1943. Joined Moncrieff in 1953. Moncrieff’s factory Manager in 1962. Various posts up to Managing Director until taken over by British Optical in 1984. Then worked as a furniture dealer.Frank Eisner BEMc1895-1905 – ?Father of Eric Eisner. British Empire Medal for glass tubing for radar in WWII while at Lemington Glass Company. Rumoured to have made weights at Moncrieff in the 1930s. But was working at Lemington c1930 to 1950, then Waterford, if at Moncrieffs in the 1950s is not known. Retired in the 1960s he did lay out weights on Saturdays with other glassworkers at Moncrieffs, most of these cracked as made from Monax or MS1 glass which was not suited to use with coloured glass.
I hope to confirm the missing dates with the family in the near future. If Frank Eisner weights were made with Soda-Lime then they are very unlikely to have been made at Moncrieff.
RAY:
--- Quote from: KevinH on April 19, 2006, 03:39:21 PM ---
Dave M's commenyt about Frank Eisner also being at Waterford ties in with something else. I had already known for some time of a paperweight with very good etched details suggesting Frank Eisner worked for Waterford (but location may not have been the actual Irish place?) in the late 40s or early 50s.
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kev ... is this the engraving your on about?
click image
Frank:
Fascinating Ray, I wonder who/what MC was! Does not tie in with names I recall at Waterford then - have to dig out the Havel book. At least the date ties in with research to date. Good to see things getting more detail, can you do a side and top view too please.
RAY:
it just measures just over 3" across and 2.5" high, the glass has a yellow tinge to it, not grey as the photo suggests, the engraving to me looks like it's been done with a copper wheel,
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