Topic: Glass Penguin - iridescent, clear, some motted white (??)

[Leni]

  or maybe it's yet another "Boffo frigger"........  :24:

sorryRose, I'm not being serious - ignore that last comment - i just couldn't resist a little dig!

:24: :24: :24:  Sue, I've been waiting for you to join this thread and make just that remark!   :24: :24: :24:

 :thup:

[antiquerose123]

 :hi: there:
Okay - I got a old dumpy clear ruler here, and for the first time in my life I measured in mm.  I did not know where to *actually* start to measure since it is a rounded corner (Eg) where the corner is, or where it would extend to if it was not rounded.  So I will let you guys decide.  So here are some pics of measurements and a closer shot of the rounded corner.  Does this help at all??  :X:

It's a bit reminiscent of Phoenecian glass, which also had triangular labels at some point - see here.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250680266795&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

  or maybe it's yet another "Boffo frigger"........  :24:

sorryRose, I'm not being serious - ignore that last comment - i just couldn't resist a little dig!

Ahhhhhhhhhh....the dig is Okay.    :kissy:

Just remember -  even though I am in Canada and have found (I think) some good things.  Years ago there were lots of European Immigrants.  So you never know what a person may find.  Some of the other good things I have found:

~ Murano Glass Duck with 3 perfect labels on it (with Booze still in it !!) lol
~ Fratelli Toso over-sized Vase with Perfect label
~ Fratelli Toso Matching Bowl to the Over-sized Vase
~ Paul Kedelve Signed piece (1953)
~ Murano Figure with the swirled Base (and partial label)
~ The Kralik thing, with the 3 legs
~ The Royal Art Glass Czech Item (pre War) part label
~ Bullet Vase with perfect label
~ The other Czech glass (Sklovice) ones

So that is my Dig back......................From Canada.... :24: :24: :24: :24: :24: :24: :24:  :kissy: :kissy:  

Glass can be everywhere, but yes, ones location is a starting point.  So digs are Ok.  I am easy to get along with.  I have a sense of humor !!!



ADDED:    Whoooops, so busy giving Digs back, I photo to add the pics............ :24:

[ahremck]

The sticker is definitely smaller than an IOW triangle - so it is not them.  Can't think of anyone else who used a similar shape.

Ross

[antiquerose123]

The Isle of Wight label is 15mm base to apex and c. 19mm along each side.

Ross

When I measure the *bisect* of the triangle (from top point, down the middle) to the bottom edge - it is exactly 15mm.  I took a pic of this too, but have to load it on here yet.

So what is the measurements of that other one - the Design Center of London (??).  Just would nice to give it a name....any name...how about just Art Glass  :24:


A2 + B2 = C2                           ( ....and Pie are round, not squared....)

[ahremck]

One reason I was prepared to have a punt at IOW is that I have 2 vases - a "Ribbons" and a "Victorian Silver" that both display slight iridescence. 

But wait I have just discovered a small vase, misplaced in my IOW folder, by Kerry Glass -  Made in England, complete with a triangular label just like IOW's.  See pictures below.  One problem, the pontil has been stamped with the symbol shown on the label - so it is also dubious.

Stll they may not use the stamp any more?

Ross

[chopin-liszt]

The iridesence on IoWSG is more subtle than this - it's almost pearlised rather than this bright shiny appearance.

Kerry Glass was one of Michael Harris' ventures, hence the similarity in some designs, the flame pontil mark and the black triangular labels.
Your Kerry piece is unusual Ross, being in the Tortoiseshell spiral pattern originally developed (actually at Mdina) then used in a more delicate way at IoWSG - most Kerry stuff is in the Heather, Peat and Shamrock patterns, or PWs is the swirled design - though often in a green not seen so often in IoWSG.

The flame pontil mark was used at both Kerry and IoWSG. An interesting anecdote is that at Kerry, they lost the flame pontil mark stamp at some point, so they made a new one - but the flame is reversed.

(Rose I wasn't digging at you - it was a bit of a dig at wfs folk who seem to me to want to attribute all small penguins to being friggers by the masterglassmaker Vicente Boffo)

[Anne]

Rose, bear with me whilst I root out the DC labelled stuff from the boxes upstairs... meanwhile, I spotted another same shaped label in Murano101 here: http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-9242 for Ferro & Lazzarini, Murano, Italy. 

[antiquerose123]

 :hi: there:
Finally adding the pic where I took the bisect measurement as I had stated before it was exactly 15 mm -- So here is the pic to show it.

When I measure the *bisect* of the triangle (from top point, down the middle) to the bottom edge - it is exactly 15mm.  I took a pic of this too, but have to load it on here yet.

Hummmmmmmm.... I wonder now (?) do we need to add measurements for some labels that are similar in design, but (maybe) not in Size....Just a thought   

Strange glass --->  :nix:

[Anne]

Ok I found the tumblers with the DC label and measured the same as Rose did and the labels are 18mm exactly.

[rosieposie]

Has anyone mentioned St John's Glass from the Isle of Man?  I have a few pieces that look for all the world like pieces of IOW glass, and the triangular label is the same size and shape as the IOW glass labels. So could it be that? 
I was going to mention Phoenician Glass, but you pipped me to the post!
Night night as it is very late!