Author Topic: ChanceGlass.net : cataloguing Fiestaware patterns (Read 120476 times)

chopin-liszt · « **Reply #240 on:** March 11, 2006, 10:29:35 AM »

:D:D

Whoopee - I've just found something with a thistle pattern! It's rather similar to the "Royal Bride" pattern, in that it has a garland of delicate motifs around the edge, of thistles and foxgloves.

David E · « **Reply #241 on:** March 11, 2006, 10:36:18 AM »

Hi Sue,

Ahhh, excellent! I have since found mention of a Thistle pattern but couldn't reconcile it.

Photo please... [damn, you can't :roll: ] :wink:

Additionally there appears to be one further Fiesta Glass pattern called Carnation. I have a feeling this was posted earlier, so will trawl through all the postings.

Edit: Nope, could only find mention of Carnations as a passing mention, so no photo of this presently.

David E · « **Reply #242 on:** March 11, 2006, 11:45:50 AM »

A photo of the Summer Melody pattern on white from Anne B:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y195/glassie/chance022.jpg

Max · « **Reply #243 on:** March 11, 2006, 01:21:41 PM »

I haven't really been paying close attention to the Chance stuff on Ebay recently, but just checked the 'completed listings'...

I found this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Chance-Glass-very-unusual-RUBY-RED-swirl-pattern-plates_W0QQitemZ7392730715QQcategoryZ1010QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I've just bought one similar to this for about £5....is the world going mad? Surely this is madness?! :shock:

David E · « **Reply #244 on:** March 11, 2006, 01:34:35 PM »

Not sure if that one slipped under my radar, but the opening price might have put me off.

Ruby Swirl is very collectable and is quite scarce. Not often seen and is one of the best pattern/colour combinations IMHO. While £44 does seem a little high, it is a set (one side plate missing), so probably a little high, but not too much of a surprise?

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I've just bought one similar to this for about £5...

A complete set? :shock:

Anne E.B. · « **Reply #245 on:** March 15, 2006, 10:39:21 AM »

David - another one. Gilt edge 9¼" x 5½". Quite an old one judging by the surface wear underneath. Not very detailed either.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y195/glassie/Chance028.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y195/glassie/Chance031.jpg

Whoops - if the pic. size is a problem, let me know and I'll reduce. Seems to have grown for some reason because I adjusted the brightness.

David E · « **Reply #246 on:** March 15, 2006, 11:19:10 AM »

Hi Anne,

Hmm, this one's interesting. My first thought was Sovereign Rose, but now I'm not too sure – doesn't look the same. I doubt if it's one of the patterns from the 'Summer' range either as these should feature two or more types of flower.

The size fits in with a known Chance example too.

Oh Anne! I've got to find out what this is now! :lol:

EDIT: NOT Mermaid Rose!

Anne E.B. · « **Reply #247 on:** March 15, 2006, 11:26:13 AM »

Hi David. The nearest match is Sovereign Rose. However, the one you show is much more detailed, although the colouring, general shape of flower is the same. I just wonder if this is a very early one, and Chance refined their designs as time went on? This one (found yesterday), is quite simple and basic (like my old GCE art effort :lol: )

David E · « **Reply #248 on:** March 15, 2006, 11:46:39 AM »

Hi Anne,

Yes, sorry, SOVEREIGN Rose — getting muddled with my Mermaids

You may be right, but the only point is that by 1972, when Chance were supposed to have first released this pattern, their transfers had become quite sophisticated and all patterns were very realistic.

Mermaid Rose (1961), by contrast, is quite primitive and very flat-looking, yet the next year Anemone was released looking far more vibrant and solid. This also proved to be the most successful floral pattern.

So I'm at a loss to explain this unless it's an unknown pattern. Suggest you hang onto it! :shock: :wink:

David E · « **Reply #249 on:** March 15, 2006, 03:25:42 PM »

Having had time to think about Anne's 'new' Rose pattern, which is almost certainly Chance, the following options could apply:

1. One pattern is as yet unidentified.
2. One of the red Rose patterns is a later (Fiesta?) pattern.
3. They are both 'Sovereign Rose' but the later is a redesigned Fiesta version.

Sovereign Rose is dated 1972, but Fiesta are known to have produced an example. The other photo (on left, Anne's is on the right) is from the SHCT and I've no doubt is correct.

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