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He he another Mdina for me-I hope!!!
glassobsessed:
The following is my take on Mdina labels. Bearing in mind that my interest is in the glass made in the first few years, I have less experience with the glass made later.
I have seen this type of paper label on items made within the first few years http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-11791
This one on items made in the mid and late seventies http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-12439
This paper label with a Maltese Cross seems to have been used for a long time http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-11790
Probably in use during the 80s & 90s and probably later too. I don't remember seeing one on anything likely to have been made in the 1970s but according to Mark Hill's book (p133) they were used then.
There is a plastic label with the Maltese Cross too but I can't find an image at present.
The paper label on Sue's round purple vase in the previous post is new to me, never seen one before.
Sue, a Dremmel works by rotating a small cutting/grinding/polishing bit on a shaft at fairly high speed.
John
chopin-liszt:
:thup:
Like an old-pashioned dentist's drill? (ie. before the high speed whiney ones)
Thanks, John. :thup: Like you my interest is mostly in the early stuff, however, there are a couple of slightly later ranges which appealed to me. I like this deep purple stuff, with the fancy "painted" iridescence, and there's a range of rather lurid and complex spodgy stuff (I describe it as being like intestines) with a yellow splodgy background, with trails of strapping covered in bright orange splodges marvered in, all cased.
An absolutely stunning example is for sale on ebay here right now.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370336428873&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
When I first started, I didn't have a clue what I was doing, there was little-to-no-information about it. I've made loads and loads of mistakes, then often found there was some sort of connection later, it's all been learning, it's continually fascinating. I'm still learning. (the day I stop learning will be the day I need to pop my clogs, there won't be any point to life!)
I've got some bits with those very long, wide rectangular labels too. I'd forgotten about those. :-[
(another reason for continuous learning - I need to plug the holes left by the bits that escape.)
glassobsessed:
Yes, just like an old dentist's drill but more cumbersome to use as the motor is built into the bit you hold in your hand.
John
chopin-liszt:
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Did you never have your teeth drilled by these old machines then?
I'm thinking if Angela wants a decent article on Mdina brought together for the Museum, a collaberative venture would be far mose useful - are you in, John? (Along with Suzy, naturally.)
Collaberation is also much more fun. :thup:
And if all interested folk could pose questions they would like answered, that would help to bring it together too.
glassobsessed:
My father was a dentist, I remember once having a filling done without local anesthetic....
He also had a portable drill (I think stolen from the Army at the end of his National Service) which he would use for house visits. It looked like a suitcase but inside there was a drill on the end of an articulated arm, driven by an electric motor and a pulley. A wacky looking contraption.
I would love to help to produce a good article. I noticed it needed doing a while ago but kept quiet about it, not wanting to offend....
John
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