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Offline Sharoncat

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Pair of green glass jugs ? Swedish or British?
« on: January 13, 2015, 08:23:15 PM »
Hi,
I have had these two for a while, I would be interested to find out how old they are. They are both about 22cm high.
The one with the clear handle I thought originally was Whitefriars, but not sure now, it is about 6cm across the base. It has a polished pontil base.
The one with the smaller mouth could be modern? It doesn't have an obvious pontil and when you look closely you can see almost flat stripes across the globe part ( sort of hexagonal?)
I welcome any views on both pieces.
Many thanks.
Sharon

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Re: Pair of green glass jugs ? Swedish or British?
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2015, 02:44:22 PM »
I used to have a Empoli Pitcher something like that, but I am probably out in left-field

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Re: Pair of green glass jugs ? Swedish or British?
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2015, 12:07:12 PM »
Not Whitefriars

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Re: Pair of green glass jugs ? Swedish or British?
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2015, 01:26:36 PM »
Empoli is probably as good an answer as any. The one with the polished pontil mark could be Krosno (Polish). Most jugs are very difficult to ID but these are not Whitefriars.

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Re: Pair of green glass jugs ? Swedish or British?
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2015, 01:58:57 PM »
A Lot of WF looking Polish Glass is turning up all the time. I did list, a while back, some WF that I removed after being informed they were Polish. Still nice looking glass but tends not to sell. I have had and seen some really nice Krosno Glass and Crystal
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Re: Pair of green glass jugs ? Swedish or British?
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2015, 02:18:14 PM »
The quality of Krosno is good; they supplied to M&S among others but it was mass market stuff, even though handmade.

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Re: Pair of green glass jugs ? Swedish or British?
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2015, 05:16:58 PM »
Hi,
Thanks for the input.
I take it it's the 2nd jug you think is Polish?
Do we still think the first is Empoli?
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Re: Pair of green glass jugs ? Swedish or British?
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2015, 05:44:18 PM »
The one with the polished pontil mark is more likely to be Krosno. Either could be Empoli

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Re: Pair of green glass jugs ? Swedish or British?
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2015, 06:53:49 PM »
Empoli is one solid colour - so no clear handles - and a ground circular pontil mark, not polished out.

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