Topic: Ruby Vase With Anchor Backstamp...

[Pinkspoons]

Does the style / stamp ring bells with anyone?

All info, as always, gratefully received!  

Edit: Is it Anchor Hocking? I hunted out the logo after the obvious leap from anchor logo to Anchor Hocking struck me... but it looks slightly different from the one I found.  :?

[liberty1]

Not sure but could be Anchor Hocking!

Cheers
Doris

[Pinkspoons]

That'd just occured to me also, and I had only just amended my post to include that thought!  :lol:

[liberty1]

OOPS! me again jumping the gun. Had a look at my Anchor Hocking and the mark is a plain anchor within a square.

Cheers
Doris

[Pinkspoons]

Have just had a look on eBay and there are quite a few examples of this vase, all described as Anchor Hocking (part of the Royal Ruby range).

The Anchor Hocking logo I found elsewhere looked very much like the one on the vase, but the anchor was a slightly different shape. It's possible the logo has been changed a few times over the years?

[David555]

I have a pair of these and asses them as being ‘Anchor Hocking’ (USA) - the mark is constant with other Anchor Hocking pieces I have, an Anchor with an H under it. Also the shape and that ruby colour are unmistakable.

Here is a different shape with same mark.



Adam P

[Pinkspoons]

Thanks for the confirmation.  

It's not my piece - I said I'd look into it for a friend's grandmother. She's had it for a few years and just wanted to know a little about it.

[Anne]

Does the style / stamp ring bells with anyone?

All info, as always, gratefully received! 

Edit: Is it Anchor Hocking? I hunted out the logo after the obvious leap from anchor logo to Anchor Hocking struck me... but it looks slightly different from the one I found.  :?

Looks like my Anchor Hocking vases - these have an AH & anchor mark - see here:
   http://yobunny.org.uk/gallery1/displayimage.php?pos=-147

[KevinH]

Nice to see something which I can say I also have.

In fact I still have four A H vases of this type, two of which are identical to the one queried here, the others smaller and more bulbous. A friend took a liking to several that I had picked up so in a rare moment I actually sold some off my shelves.

I have had these for over 15 years, at a time when they were found regularly in fairs etc., in the UK. They seemed to be everywhere! I see that some of these currenttly on eBay are listed (by American sellers) as "Vintage". I was told they were probably 1920s. Or maybe 1940s. Anybody have any views on that?

[Ivo]

Anchor Hocking Royal Ruby has been in production from 1938 and continued into the 60s.  There was a re-release in 1977 it seems.

The "Bubble" vase (officially called "Provincial") was made between 1940 and 1945