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Author Topic: ID for this large Amethyst glass basket with twisted handle please?  (Read 708 times)

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Offline johnfandmaryp

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Hi again!
Also wondered ifanyone can ID this large Amethyst glass basket with an applied clear glass twisted handle. About 26cm tall including the handle, bowl is 14cm (max) deep and about 23cm across. It has what appear to be 2 mould lines on it and a ground pontil mark. The 'pimples' are pushed through from the inside.
Thanks for looking! Cheers, John.

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Offline jsmeasell

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Re: ID for this large Amethyst glass basket with twisted handle please?
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2009, 11:48:23 PM »
I would suspect very recent production from China, as I have seen the same style in cranberry with the identical handle. The pontil tends to be ground to gray but not at all fully polished.
James Measell, Historian
Fenton Art Glass Co.

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Offline johnfandmaryp

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Re: ID for this large Amethyst glass basket with twisted handle please?
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2009, 11:51:10 PM »
Thank you James ~ your description of the pontil mark is spot on!
Cheers, John.

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