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Art Deco Pressed Glass Vase? ID: Sowerby, Hermes Vase
Tigerchips:
I'm not sure who the figure is on this vase but he/she has what looks like pointed (or winged) ears and feet. It is also wearing a cape and has long hair or large wings.
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-148
I don't think it's Spock. :lol:
As I was carring it around the car boot I noticed a lot of stall holders looking at it. Strange, perhaps they thought it was Spock. :shock: :shock: :shock:
I think the glass frog is missing. Any information welcome. Thank you.
Glen:
Hermes was the Greek messenger god, he was called Mercury by the Romans. My understanding is that Sowerby's actually referred to the vase as Hermes.
:shock:
Glen
Tigerchips:
Thanks for your help. I shall sleep well tonight :D :D :D
I guess I should take some history lessons.
Sowerby, kind of embarassing since I live in the North East of England. :oops:
Just thought i'd ask while i'm here, Why do glass firms have marks on one thing and not on another?
Also, I have a "marked" George Davidson clear glass comport but I couldn't find any matching pattern on the Net.
http://tinypic.com/bi49he.jpg
Last sunday I bought four pieces of glass and nothing else. This site has me hooked. :o
Bernard C:
--- Quote from: Tigerchips ---Just thought i'd ask while i'm here, Why do glass firms have marks on one thing and not on another?
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TC — Welcome
The simple answer is that no-one really knows. However there were many reasons for not marking British glass, including:[list=1][*]because it was an extra manufacturing process and so reduced profits,[*]because the big trade buyers did not like it, as they perceived it to enable the public to bypass their retail outlets when buying more,[*]because it would have been an open invitation to US glassworks to copy exported glass had it been readily identifiable as such (litigation between US glassworks was costly and unpredictable — the Atlantic made it impossible),[*]in the case of Walsh deceptive reproductions of old Georgian glass in the '20s & '30s, sold through a catalogue wholesaler directly into the antiques trade, marking the glass would have been rather counterproductive![/list:o]
I am sure others will add to this list.
As for your Hermes/Mercury bowl, see previous topic Green Deco Bowl Help? for full details.
Bernard C. 8)
Bernard C:
TC — As for your Hermes/Mercury bowl, see previous topic Green Deco Bowl Help? for full details.
Bernard C. 8)
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