Topic: ChanceGlass.net : cataloguing Fiestaware patterns

[David E]

Hi Pete,

As you can see from my web site we are attempting to catalogue all Fiestaware patterns, but also intaglio and pressed glass. I'm also writing a book on the subject, so any photos you have in high resolution* would be most welcome.

Feel free to mail them to me direct. Two would be fine: one of the dish overall and that close-up is especially good.

Are you listing this on eBay? Do let me know if you are!

* High resolution = 1600x1200 pixels (2.0 megapixels) if possible.

[Pkay]

Hi David,

I will get a couple of pictures to you as soon as possible. My camera has options for 1,3 or 6 megapixels. Would you prefer the largest or is 3 megapixels quite enough?

I was listing the dish on ebay, but from what has been said, do you think I'm safe to describe it as being Chance glass?  I don't want to mislead anybody.  If your happy that it is a Chance piece, I am happy to list it as such.  My personnal opinion is that it 'is' Chance glass, but I'm not even an avid collector of Chance, never mind an expert on the matter.

If you let me know about the prefered photo size, I'll get them done asap.

Thanks again,
Pete.

[David E]

Hi David,

I will get a couple of pictures to you as soon as possible. My camera has options for 1,3 or 6 megapixels. Would you prefer the largest or is 3 megapixels quite enough?

Pete, 3 Mp is more than enough, thanks! One point: my ISP (for whatever reason) only allows single mails no larger than 5MB, although you can send hundreds of consecutive mails at 4.99MB - daft I know... :roll:

I was listing the dish on ebay, but from what has been said, do you think I'm safe to describe it as being Chance glass?  I don't want to mislead anybody.  If your happy that it is a Chance piece, I am happy to list it as such.  My personnal opinion is that it 'is' Chance glass, but I'm not even an avid collector of Chance, never mind an expert on the matter.

I'm not 100% confident, so I would play safe and say it could be Chance. Best to be safe than sorry. But do mention the possible link to Cut Pearl and the similarities

Sadly, I reckon it'll be out of my price range, but I'll be fascinated to see what it actually fetches!

We also have a Glass Marketplace forum (see home page) where you can alert people about any item you're selling through eBay.

[David E]

Golden Lagoon finally tracked down: see this thread

http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,5714.0.html

[chopin-liszt]

:D:D

Hello, I think I might have found a new shape. It's a Swirl pattern, boat-shaped bowl. It has pointed ends, is 11" tip to tip, 7.75" wide, nearly 3" tall at the tips, and 1.25" tall at the lowest bits, which are at the sides in the middle.
(Fractions of inches are decimal - my keyboard won't do proper fractions.)

[David E]

Hello, I think I might have found a new shape.

Nope, I've got that one! It's registered in the 'Dishes & Bowls' shape page. This was officially called a 'Bread Basket' incidentally.

There's also a smaller version: 6 x 4½, 1¾ deep

To do fractions, hold down the 'ALT' key, then type:

0188 for ¼  ...or
0189 for ½  ...or
0190 for ¾

Release the 'Alt' key and the fraction should magically appear!

Thanks anyway, Sue

[Lustrousstone]

Have now photographed Swirl and his cousin Zig Zag. Swirl is fractionally deeper, but otherwise the same. Click to enlarge


I have also bought  :shock: a sandwich set in white Night Sky in lovely condition 9.75 round plate plus six 6.25 inch small plates, so there's another to be added to the small size for the website

[David E]

Hi Christine,

Some interesting finds. But I don't believe the 'Swirl' is by Chance, by chance. Firstly, the radiated lines are in the opposite direction and secondly the gilt rim overlaps (3mm?), which I believe Chance never did apart from a very few exceptions (the Giraffe Carafe being one). I have seen similar gilt rims on what I believe is Sherdley's Twist pattern, so suspect it could be by them. (or you could flog it as a piece of "unique Swirl" of course :twisted: )

But the Night Sky plates are excllent and an excellent find. Very unusual to find a full sandwich set of 7. Well done!  

[Anne]

Interesting as the edge shaping is the same on both Christine's plates so we may be able to assume that if the swirlie one is Sherdley then the other one is as well. Has anyone researched Sherdley Glass do we know?

[David E]

Anne: not that I know of. The other possibility is Unionglas in Bavaria — remember Max's dish with the boar in the centre?

However, because Christine is in Warrington, I'm pretty sure this is going to be local fare.