Topic: Makers of these uranium ladies..

[selina]

Rosie you and I both!! I've been eyeing off the pottery ones for a few years but they were out of my budget. I collect glass but also lady items, deco lamps etc and the glass ones fit both criteria for me, uranium ones, well that's the whole kit and kaboodle.  :thup:

Thanks Anne, I tend to type first and think later

Ok, so Mosser made them, and Cambridge and Sklo Union... which does give many more options to find myself another pair.

[Ohio]

Well if you like Deco be aware that Sarsaparilla had a mold made to produce these in their metal alloy & they are a direct copy.

http://frankartdeco.com/product.php?p=SA-196

[selina]

Oh ...well no way of telling whether anything is a copy or genuine deco period then .....

Everyone here has such a wealth of information...before I saw them I tried looking everywhere and didnt find anything even similar.

[rosieposie]

Wow,  wouldn't it be amazing to have a set of each in all three media,  glass,  pottery and metal?  I love collecting sets of things......I think it might be slightly obsessive,  but then if you are not obsessive,  you probably would never become a collector of things?

And we are very glad you joined us!!

Rosie.

[Anne]

Anything from a book or CD which is covered by a copyright statement may not be posted Paul, that would cover the SU book CD images as the catalogues were reproduced under specific conditions.

[Paul S.]

thanks Anne............in that case Selina will need to purchase the Sklo Union book (which includes the CD) - in order to at least see the original b. & w. drawings of the Czech Libochovice design.           Of course, that would be money very well spent anyway, in view of the amount of interesting and useful data they contain.

[Anne]

These are (or could be depending on which side of the pond you live) Cambridge Lady Legs bookends #1141 made in the 20's (Depression era). Mosser has the original mold & made them in 1975 through 1978 in Uranium & a medium Blue (unmarked). Only the 1977 specific to NCC versions are marked. This is probably simply another example of an identical item being made in both the U.S. & Europe. I can tell you though that the Cambridge mold was an original made in the plant...it was not a purchased mold. Ken

Hi Ken, that's very interesting, do you have a (copyright-free) picture of the Cambridge design please, and do you know the dimensions of the Cambridge version? It'd be interesting to be able to compare the two designs side by side.  Like Paul, I'd have thought Libochovice as well, but as the seller was in Australia it could well have been either. It'd be good if we could try and pin it down though. I've asked the seller if we can add copies of her pics to this topic for reference and am awaiting a response.

[Ohio]

No Anne I don't & NCC doesn't have the patent design listed either. The MVSG has the original catalog page plus a photo & I have a later 1929 catalog page. Cambridge as well as many U.S. glass manufacturers did not file alot of patents, some yes, but 90% (and that a minimum) of all pieces/designs were not filed or covered by patents. The MVSG URLS are below.

http://www.mvsg.org/cm/displayimage.php?album=234&pos=565
http://www.mvsg.org/cm/displayimage.php?album=234&pos=566

[Anne]

Thanks Ken. I'm not able to open the links as they are giving me a 403 Forbidden message.

[Ohio]

That is strange Anne, they work for me & MVSG is a public information group site for Cambridge glass...everything is available free (no membership or sign in required) to everyone worldwide. Their main URL is below & if you put lady legs bookends in the search box you can see the options available for viewing. http://mvsg.org/