Topic: Textured tangerine tumbler?help please to identify

[tracey72]

Hi, could you please identify this tumbler. It is 5 inches in height and 2 and a half inches in width and weighs 12 ounces. It is of solid colour and thicker at the base, and does have a ground out pontil but is has a strange straw mark going through it (please see pic). Many thanks for any help.

[johnphilip]

Looks a bit like a Whitefriars bark vase but is so long since i have had one i cant remember what the base is like please remember not all W/Fs has a polished pontil , Emmi the WizzzKid will be along soon to put us right JP ex W/Fs collector , still into Powell .

[tracey72]

thankyou for your reply i think it is a drinking tumbler of some sort as the rim is thinner than on a vase but i am grateful for any response and any suggestions on this  ,any ideas on the mark to the base ?

[vidrioguapo]

One of the Forum members on whitefriars.com had a set of these (came in mixed colours) which had  label on "Made in Italy".  I am assuming yours is one of these.  The rim does look much thinner than on a bark vase, and the "crimped" section at the top is definitely not indicative of a Whitefriars bark vase.  As for a definitive maker, I just do not know.  As a matter of interest, what is the diameter  at the top?

[tracey72]

hi thankyou for your reply emmi the diameter at the top is 3inches many thanks

[vidrioguapo]

I would say that diameter is more for a tumbler.  The 6" Whitefriars Bark vase has a diameter of 2.75..........only a little narrower, but surprising how it makes a difference to the proportions!

[tracey72]

thanks again for your reply ,yes i think its a tumbler as it is 5 inches high and weighs 12oz the only thing i have seen that is like it is on the whitefriars forum i searched tangerine tumbler and one came up it was a m series glacier tumbler in tangerine but im not saying thats what it is im just curious and trying to find out what it is ,thankyou for taking time to reply

[johnphilip]

The W/Fs flint glasses have a similar top thats what made me unsure , Emmi is more up to date than my aged humble self on W/Fs . jp :kissy:

[tracey72]

thankyou for your imput john many thanks

[vidrioguapo]

Well I know the IS It upload to which you refer.  As you can see, despite the comments, the voting is rather mixed to say the least.  Having seen a full set of these with the Italian labels, I will stick with my original opinion.