Topic: Hop and grain etched huge glass or small vase folded foot. Worth repolishing?

[david31162]

This 10" vase was so bad you could hardly see the engraving, there is still more lime to remove! Lots of scratching and probably water stain too.
So is this a huge glass from C18th/C19th or is it a vase? It has certainly been used as a vase for many years judging by the build up of grime.
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Any ideas about age or whether / how to improve it?   Thanks   David

[oldglassman]

Hi ,
        Almost certainly a late Victorian reproduction and intended as ale glass , the decoration being  Hops and Barley stalks a common decoration on ale glasses of all sizes,the glass could be polished to look like new again by a professional glass restorer and probably cost around £20/£30 to do ,or you could have a go yourself using a dremel with polishing pad and cerium oxide.or you could try 'Autosol' which is a car metal polish and works very well .

Cheers ,
           Peter.

[david31162]

Thanks Peter,
I thought you'd be able to sort this out. It was the shape that confused me, similar to several Vicorian vases I have.
It isn't worth professionally polishing. I'll have to have a go at the Dremmel solution, haven't tried it yet, didn't know about the Autosol.
Thanks agin, David.

[isleofwight collector]

Hi - I have used the dremmel option in the past on a clear glass vase that had been water stained and it worked amazingly - takes a bit of patience but worth it!

[Bernard C]

David — Apparently there is a glass repair specialist in Takeley, not far from M11 junction 8: http://www.fwaldridgeglass.com

My Google search on "glass takeley" also came up with the telephone exchange gas explosion in 1962.   I lived in Hawthorne Close then, and my bedroom faced the telephone exchange.   I'd just gone to the toilet, and while I was there the earth moved, rather dramatically.   On returning to my bedroom after being hurriedly evacuated by Mum and Dad, I found glass from the window embedded in the opposite wall!   Until the true explanation emerged everyone thought it was a wartime bomb.

Bernard C.