Topic: Single epergne...Maker? And is base correct?

[selina]

Got this recently and the lady who owned it said she had a copper or metal base that was lost a while ago. The mirror came with it she said. Any ideas on the maker? Age? It doesn't glow, just very slightly at the base.

Also can anyone help me with what would be the correct base to display it in? So I can start my hunt as its laying down in the cupboard at the moment.

[Lustrousstone]

It might be Fenton

[Ohio]

It might be Fenton

Yeah, especially the single horn ones they made for L.G. Wright. If James Measell drops in he will know for certain.

[selina]

Thanks, I'll do some research on Fenton then...

[Bernard C]

Trudy — Your mirror plateau is the standard British version with the correct original paint on the underside.   It looks as if there was just the one British manufacturer, unfortunately not yet identified.   It's not known if or how much these Briish plateaux were exported.   It's latest documented use was in an advertisement published 1 September 1939 here, but these plateaux date back to mid-Victorian times or earlier.

Imported epergnes may not have been imported complete.   It's quite possible that an importer fitted foreign flutes into a British epergne block on a British mirror plateau.

Bernard C.  

[selina]

Just my luck...LOL a BITSA ...