Topic: Engraved Optic Lens with Madonna and Child. LT LK ??King's

[rosieposie]

Here is a beautifully engraved piece. 
I think it is an optic lens.
The subject matter seems to have been carved out, it is so deep and there are so many beautiful details.  Look at the baby's toes!
Could this be a piece by King's ??
The signature Initials seem to be LT. T.K.

Here are some pictures.....

[eglass]

Rosie, such a beautiful engraving! How large is the lens?

I hope you get some input on it from the experts - all I can do is "ooh" and "aah"....

Kelli

[rosieposie]

Hi Kelli,  Yes, I hope the experts get interested in this.....glad you like it.
It is 3.5" wide and considering its size has the most remarkable amount of detail.
Come on chaps....where are you???

[chopin-liszt]

 :huh:
The toes may be cute (if you like that sort of thing) - but the "baby's" been bodybuilding and on steroids - and the fingers are all weirdly wiggly..... very odd.
I'm afraid the religious theme might make it a bit dodgy too - something made for the gift shops attached to pilgrimage venues?
I might be completely wrong, but it doesn't seem "right" for anything respectably arty.

[rosieposie]

I've been looking at a lot of engraved glass mostly trying to help Kelli find out who engraved her vase, and it seems that many engravers 'enhance' the body muscles....probably to show their skill....I don't know. 
This isn't the sort of thing I normally buy,  but it looked good for 99p, and as it is signed, I would like to know if anybody out there might know the engraver......I'm not too worried if any of you like it or not....it's just as well we don't all like the same things otherwise we'd all be after the same piece!
 

[chopin-liszt]

 

Sorry I was so negative and thanks, Rosie,  :kissy: for being so sweet and kind about it.

[rosieposie]

That's OK Sue.....we all like different things, and my biggest problem is trying not to get hooked on anything else in  glass!!  I keep seeing all the lovely vases on the GMB and think.....hmmmm maybe I should.....NO!!

In an earlier thread I said I didn't collect glass jugs....then I had a count-up.......I could have died when I saw I had over a dozen....and that's withoout even trying!!  Eeeek!

Please can someone tell me who engraved this piece....it is so clearly marked!!!!?

[rosieposie]

Good morrow-morn folks....a little nudge on this to see if the 'engraving addicts are about'....... :sun:

[lesley7]

Hi Rosemary, it was great to meet you at Cambridge GF . This is an interesting little piece, copperwheel engraved and with some rather rough little edges between the strokes which one would normally remove before considering it complete. I have to say I don't know the signature at all and am not familiar with the type of glass that it is engraved on. A very delicate piece of work though!

[rosieposie]

Thank you for taking the time to look at this for me Lesley....I agree, it is a delicate piece, and I am really keen to know who did the work, so I guess I will have to keep nudging it to the top of the pile until it gets identified!!

Hope you have recovered from all the hard work on Sunday, and it was really lovely meeting and talking with you, I do hope we will meet again.