Topic: Mdina Craggy Knop Candlestick - Is it??

[jimbo1]

Hi All,

Wonder if someone could help me identify this candlestick. It looks very similar to the craggy knop chalice vase featured in Mark Hills excellent book but it's a candlestick. Mark mentions these to be rare.

Colour is light brown/ochre with chloride streaks, there is a broken pontil to the base but with no other marks. There are a few bubbles within the glass.

Just wondering if it is Mdina and what date.

Many thanks

James

[glassobsessed]

Looks to me like you have found the necessary info, Mark Hill mentions this colour too. I have not seen one of these before and although I have read the book and dip in and out from time to time the candle sticks had never stuck in my mind. Must be getting older.

Nice find!

John.

[Lustrousstone]

I don't think it is Mdina, certainly not an older piece. The bluish colour of the clear glass and the unfinished pontil worry me. Mdina is/was not the only company to use silver chloride. Annette Meech also produced similar things way back... just for a start

[glassobsessed]

Looks like I jumped the gun then, the jury appears to be out.

John.

[soledivo]

I agree with Christine, it doesn't look like Mdina to me,

The stem and base just don't look right.
but, you never know, maybe it is and rare !!!  :chky: :clap: :chky:

good luck

[Ivo]

The colour looks very Spanish recycled to me...

[PAUL H]

I have a Mdina one.. the colours are the usual blue/green and although not signed or labeled it is definitely Mdina bought back from the Island late 70s. I believe these to be quite scarce. Paul

[MarkHill]

Hi All,
James sent me this image last week, before I had seen this post. In my opinion it is a piece of Mdina, and indeed quite rare. The cracked-off pontil is standard on these, based on the five or so I have seen and handled. I own two, and have seen this colourway before. All have the same design, particularly as regards the actual holder with a collar beneath.
Thanks,
Mark

[MarkHill]

Sorry, also forgot to say that the Harris family have one in their collection, brought from Malta, which was the only one I had seen for quite some time...!
Mark

[Lustrousstone]

Not sure why this is still in unresolved