Topic: Id required for possible Whitefriars AZTEC .......

[vidrioguapo]

   ' Maybe the glass blower didn't put enough molten glass to fill the mould?'

Lack of an emoticon = lack of seeing my irony, Nigel!   

We all see things differently and my observations of the measurements as they appear,  are what I see.  The consistency( or lack ) of the plain glass measurements are not apparent to me from the photos.  This is one which is probably best seen in the flesh so to speak and if it could be brought to one of the glass fairs  - Cambridge in February perhaps - it would make an interesting discussion with some of the ex-Whitefriars glass blowers who are likely to be there.  I agree that if it is an original unrestored small version of this pattern, then it would of great interest.   

[Elmwood]

Hello all.... :thup:

Wow, what a lively discussion over this piece!  Thankfully, the auction house were not trying to pass it off as WH, they were not sure! and it came in a lot of 2 items, including a nondescript piece of vaseline glass for a very modest amount of £6.

We are also fairly new to glass collecting.... I have always loved iridescent pieces, of which I have a small collection and Mike now has a technical appreciation and a rapidly increasing aesthetic one too. We would very much like to consider bringing it along to the glass fayre...

Having read all the comments, we feel that grinding down seems to be the best explanation.  The outer rim edge doesn't feel as smooth as our other pieces. The space between the rim and top pattern is approx 4-5mm and between each repeat pattern is also 4-5mm.


Thankyou all so very much,
Sharron