Topic: Concentric ring design on base of oak leaf and acorn malachite can

[Bernard C]

"Tiggers don't like haycorns."

See this completed eBay listing.

From memory I don't think pieces carrying this or any other concentric ring design on the base have been attributed with any certainty.   I hope that this information is useful to someone!

Bernard C.     

[ChrisStewart]

Hi,

Both Davidson and Greener used it.

Regards

chris

[jsmeasell]

I don't think those circles should be construed as a maker's mark of any kind. These are likely part of the mould construction to allow the piece to "relieve" from the mould after pressing is complete.

We have a sugar basin and cream jug in this same pattern, and both have these circles on the undersides. I wonder if the cream jug and this "tankard" were made from the same mould. Perhaps the winner of the tankard will post careful measurements, and I can do the same with the cream jug.

[Bernard C]

I don't think those circles should be construed as a maker's mark of any kind. These are likely part of the mould construction to allow the piece to "relieve" from the mould after pressing is complete.   ...

James — Agreed, but they could be a signature feature of one particular mouldmaker, even if his moulds ended up in different glassworks.

Bernard C.