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Isle Of Wight Glass, Signed and Unusual Label
BJB:
Hi Adam,
The yellow paperweight is signed by Michael Harris on the flat base, but I can't get a good picture of it, but it says "Michael Harris Isle of Wight" .
And here is my Touch of Glass perfume bottle with a label on the base.
http://tinypic.com/eapetu.jpg
Are you sure your're you aren't psychic as I was going to ask who had made this bottle later today :shock:
Barbara
KevinH:
Adam (David555) posted:
--- Quote ---The round yellow paperweight would not have had the 'Hand Made Isle of Wight England' label on it; this was for sculptural items and vases
--- End quote ---
That's interesting, as I have a weight with the impressed logo and the "Hand Made ..." label:
http://tinypic.com/eaqpnp.jpg
chopin-liszt:
:D:D:D
Hello Barbara!
Your paperweight is not "Seaward", which is the colourway shown in the picture in Miller's. I would suspect it is a variation of "Gold Aurene". Blue and gold "Aurene" are the ranges that were developed after "Seaward" and "Tortoiseshell", the first two ranges produced, which were developed as a continuing theme from their work at Mdina. Tortoiseshell was produced for much longer than Seaward (my favourite IoWSG of all time!). (Ref. Lesley Jackson's 20th Century Factory Glass). However, they were experimenting a lot and many pieces were made that did not become a particular "range" and many differing things were made that can be considered to be within a range. (hence the use of the word range!)
Chris Lucas, "A Touch of Glass"/"Alum Bay" glass (the same studio) trained at IoWSG for a while first, but has now left and I believe he is doing architectural design stuff. If you search the boards for Alum Bay, you will find a few threads discussing this. (I did this earlier, to add the references, but somehow my rather laboured posting got lost and I'm having to do it all again!)
(Dah Dah! - I used "edit" after submitting. Fritting "computer-knows-better-than-me-what-I-want-to do" stuff will NOT get the better of me! :twisted::twisted::twisted: )
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,1228.msg7521.html#msg7521
There is also "Glory Art Glass" on the Isle of Wight.
http://www.iowight.com/art-glass/
BJB:
Hi
I haven't seen either of the IOW items before, and although I like them they are not my "thang" really ( I like my etched Swedish glass best!) so they will be listed soon on that big auction site. :)
My little bottle has a round label on the bottom with "A touch of glass" a map of the Isle of Wight and Chris Lucas signature across it, then "Handmade on the Isle of Wight". I have tried to take a photo but my camera either flashes at the wrong moment or makes it very blurred.
Barbara
chopin-liszt:
The deep blue with greeny, sometimes yellowy swirls and bubbles, pictured in Miller's is Seaward. It's very difficult to photograph, and Miller's does not do it justice!
Barbara's paperweight is not Seaward, but what I think might be a variation of Gold Aurene - but have a look at the unusual Mdina amber effect bottle I showed in the thread posted by hotglass - there are similarities!
edited to add picture - bottle on right.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/chopin-liszt/dc4ee942.jpg
I was sure the glassmaker of Glory Art Glass was named in the site :?:?:?
edited again:- Just checked the site. The dog appears to be called Oscar, but can't find the glassmaker's name!
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