I don't think it has been confirmed that Royo was with Gordiolas Glassworks
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Please note that this HAS been confirmed and that the place is called Gordiola not Gordiolas.
Now will you please STOP this speculation. It serves no purpose at all and just irritates me.
I disagree that speculation serves no purpose. Speculation is what raised the question about Royo being Gordiola in the first place. It is different from drawing conclusions based on unconfirmed or questionable information, which I think may be a problem with this thread. For instance there is conflicting information about the first name of Cirera - one source says it's Genís, and one says it's Mercé. (Speculation: Are these two different people?) And to repeat my earlier question, what's the story here:
Firmes de marca
- Enric Riera
- Cirera (Àngel Segura, Mercé Cirera, Royo)
- Gordiola – Mallorca
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Ivo - did you ever hear anything more than this from the Gordiola people:
Efectivamente, estas piezas estan realizadas por Vidrios Gordiola, y
decoradas en pintura artesanal al horno por Royo (personaje catalán) .
En otro e-mail le informaré de la época.
My Spanish is weak... does this actually say Royo worked for Gordiola? It's hard to know without the context of the question. Seems like it could be saying, "These pieces were made by Gordiola Glassworks and decorated with fired enamel by Catalan Royo." If that's the correct translation and that's all the information you were given, it doesn't
necessarily mean Royo worked at Gordiola. I'm probably missing some important bit.
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At any rate, I think the Cirera topic needs further research to be able to make any definite conclusions. I applaud Anita's efforts to find out who Cirera was, but I do think she should be careful about interpreting Spanish. For instance, "Another vessel at
http://www.todocoleccion.net/aceitera-detalles-estilo-murano~x10380463 is probably Royo, although it is called Murano." It's not called Murano, it says it's in the style of Murano. And I don't see any evidence of this: "It looks like Cirera had his own glassworks."