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Who invented introducing controlled bubbles in glass and when ? Please !
Baked_Beans:
Here is the join, both sides.
Baked_Beans:
Another point, the internal rim of the inkwell shows some sort of crizzling....far from grinding !!
Baked_Beans:
The measurements are as follows........
The diameter of the glass that the silver lid fits over is exactly 4cm.
The height is 7.4cm
The diameter of the inkwell at it's widest point is 8.8cm
The diameter of the pontil 'lens' to the base is 4.8 cm (this is to the outer edge of the wear ring (see photo of base).
The weight without the top is 1lb 7oz's (my scales are not very good!).
Thanks to all at Whitefriars.com for all the great comments....love it !!! How exciting is this ! I hope all this extra info. will sort the problem ! It's difficult making judgements without the full picture ! Cheers, Mike.
Baked_Beans:
P.S. The lid fits almost exactly there is hardly any play at all... about 0.5 mm's worth !
flying free:
This topic slightly veered off course mid way through, but it was obviously one I remembered and something caught my eye tonight. I've been looking through a book I have called Glass by George Savage. It was first published in 1972, so I've no idea about the id's in it or read any reviews but I love the book. And....getting back on track here, on page 46 there is a little beaker with controlled bubbles in it that look remarkably similar to say, a Murano bullicante piece - the caption states 'beaker of thick brownish green glass, seventeenth century'. The bubbles are slightly larger in some areas than others but to all intents and purposes it looks to me like a controlled bubble vase with the bubbles arranged on a slight diagonal up the vase. So if that is correct then at least 17th century?
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