Topic: Piggin Bowl

[Paul S.]

hate to be Mr. Picky - but do you have permission from Alex to show this piece on the GMB?             Am sure he wouldn't object, but the Mods don't usually allow pix of other people's glass without their permission.

Lovely piece by the way.

[Gabriel Tomkins]

yup - all fully approved and legitimate - post is actually at his request !

 

[Paul S.]

I wonder if he takes an interest in the GMB               I don't recall ever seeing one at a boot sale, and I've been to many over the years  -  but would be surprised if many people knew of the object or its use  - they're a bit special (the glass I mean, not the people)

Perhaps this one has already sold.

[chopin-liszt]

Is the "Scottishantiques" domain not the one owned by the fairly large centres at Abernyte and Doune?
I do get to Abernyte occassionally, but I've never looked out for a piggin.
If I'm stuck in front of a ton of "death by a thousand cuts" it just all merges into a sea of everything looking the same. I am under instructions to find "Art cut" stuff, and even that's hard enough to make out from the rest of it.

If I see one around, will I grab it for you, Paul?

[Paul S.]

Hi Sue  -  regret I'm not familiar with the background to Scottish Antiques, although have bought from Alex in the past, and pleased to say always found him generous and helpful.

huge thanks and a kiss for the offer Sue, but these things usually go for big money as you can see from the price on Alex's  example - so unlikely that you'll find one at my level.           Genuine Georgian table glass is thin on the ground and there are a lot of folk who know what they're looking for and how to spot them...............   I think it's the history aspect that gives such pieces the allure and charm  ...    pieces that sat quietly in candlelit rooms two hundred years ago - oh, if only they could talk.
But I can recommend that taking an interest in such pieces will broaden your knowledge of glass and open up a whole new world  -  that's if you could afford to buy them  -  they don't come cheap.

P.S.    Have recently acquired (£2. in a charity shop) Arnold Fleming's 'Scottish and Jacobite Glass'  -  great read for the history of Scottish glasshouses - if you can get a copy I know you'll fall in love with old glass, and put aside these modern baubles                

[chopin-liszt]

I don't know any Alex, I had thought they were run by some sisters who collect Wemmys cats, my brother knows them.
It's not likely I'll take any interest in cut stuff, ever. It really drives me nuts and the more I see, the less I like it. I like colour, and the fluidity of hot glass work.
Drawings of patterns on clear glass leave me absolutely cold.
My Alison Kinnaird is different only in that it is an image I would have bought, even if it had been drawn on paper.
I'm happy in the colourful, bright and random world of studio glass.