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Davidson Slag Glass
Tony H:
Hi Guys
My wife and I visited a country fair today, it is a public holiday for the Auckland region, there I found a small purple slag glass mug, I have placed some photos in my gallery, this mug has a Davidson trade mark on the base, please would you take a look as I would be grateful for your comments, it has a pattern I have not seen.
Tony H in NZ
Glen:
My gosh, that's a wonderful piece! I certainly haven't seen the pattern before. My first thought was how similar it is to various Carnival designs from Imperial (which would obviously have post-dated the Davidson piece). And that leads me on to a previous thread where we were talking about a mystery (series of) design(s) featuring a windmill etc.
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,1797.0.html
My photos are no longer there - I will try and find them and re-post them shortly. However, the pic of the celery is still there and will serve to illustrate the point.
Great piece, Tony. Congratulations.
Glen
ChrisStewart:
Hi Tony,
You see this design with a windmill reasonably frequently in the UK, but in flint glass. This is the first example I have seen in slag glass. We have one made in amber glass.
This design probably dates between 1888 and 1890, as it does not appear in the 1885/1887 catalogue and, as it has the trademark, predates 1891 (Davidson stopped using the trademark in October 1890).
Regards
Chris
Bernard C:
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Chris — Is that when Davidson stopped punching the trademark into new moulds?
Bernard C. 8)
ChrisStewart:
Hi Bernard,
In October 1890 a lot of things changed at Davidson. They stopped their monthly adverts in the Pottery Gazette and they also stopped advertising the Lion trade mark in the Gazette as well.
I suspect this is a sign that Thomas Davidson was beginning to take over more completely the running of Davidson.
From a collectors point of view this was not a good move, as the regular adverts were a source of information about the glass being made. After 1896 no more adverts were placed in the gazette until 1929 (not sure of exact date as I don't have a copy of my book handy)
Other than adverts for hobnail, Pearline, 1890 suite daisy suit, the 1885/1887 catalogues are the only know visual (i.e with pictures) source of information about Davidson glass in the 19th century.
Regards
Chris
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