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Letters on my glass - DRGM - 'tis a Mystery
Glen:
Pamela....I've done it at last :D
The article is here
http://www.geocities.com/carni_glass_uk_2000/Tea.html
You can also access it directly from my website.
Thank you Pamela, and Frank and Ivo for your help with the DRGM letters. I have acknowledged your wonderful assistance at the foot of the article.
Can anyone tell me if they have seen an item like this before? Iridised or not.
I believe they are called stovchen today.
Glen
Connie:
Great article, Glen. I really enjoyed it.
Anne:
Fascinating, thank you Glen. I hadn't realised pot warmers were as old as this. I have two of the modern clear glass ones and t'other Anne (I think?) has one as well... but they're nowhere near as snazzy as the Carnival ones!
http://yobunny.org.uk/gallery1/displayimage.php?pos=-187
http://yobunny.org.uk/gallery1/displayimage.php?pos=-188
Ivo:
--- Quote from: "Glen" ---
Can anyone tell me if they have seen an item like this before? Iridised or not.
I believe they are called stovchen today.
Glen
--- End quote ---
Those are a very familiar sight in this country, it used to be an essential piece of household glass - the tea stove.
"Waxine" candles (from "wax"and paraffine" were introduced in Holland by Ericus Gerhardus Verkade. He bought the patent from his son in law, the briton Morris Fowler. Verkade started production of small paraffin candles in 1898. Initial sales were not brilliant, but production continued for 90 years. A votive candle is Dutch is called a "Waxinelichtje" - officially in the dictionary since 1984. In 1991 the factory was sold to candle maker Bolsius. These "waxine"lights were predominantly used in little stoves for keeping the tea warm. Every household had one. Go to any market in Holland now and you can pick up glass tea stoves in all varieties. I believe a lot were made by Leerdam, but others were imported. I remember my grandmother had one in what I now know is the Jacobean pattern.
Glen:
Connie - thank you.
Anne - what interesting tea warmers. Coincidentally, an American- German friend of mine send me a pic of a very similar one today too. Thanks, for the info, Anne
Ivo - many thanks for the social history. I always find that aspect of glass collecting especially interesting. The Jacobean one sounds wonderful. Now, have you or anyone else ever seen a Carnival Glass one before? If there are any others "out there" I would love to know about the.
A friend in the USA who read my article last night contacted me to say that he has had the glass part of the item for several years (no metal top) and wondered what it could be. he thought perhaps it was meant to be the bottom of an electric lamp, with the holes in the bottom for the electric wires.
Thanks again for your help and comments, everyone.
Glen
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