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Breaking News Nailsea / Bristol hat found in charity shop in Bristol for £1.50
oldglassman:
HI ,
You will find without too much trouble trumpet friggers in clear and coloured glass , and they work I have several ,comically you can find them on eBay being sold as ear trumpets !!!!
A good little series of 13 thin paperbacks by Geoffrey Wills 'English and Irish glass' has in N#13 Novelties and Friggers were you can see all the things that have been discussed , hats, pipes, bellows. trumpets, etc ,
cheers
Peter
ps a couple of mine added.
Paul S.:
why is it that all the books you mention are volumes I don't have ;D I have Irish content by...... Phelps Warren, G. Bernard Hughes, E. M. Elville, but unfortunately, not Wills. But, Peter, you didn't mention a 'cello ;) However, thanks of course for the book mention.
Baked_Beans:
I've been having a go at trying to match the colour of my hat to Powell & Ricketts bottles (of Bristol)....with limited success ::)
There is quite a good match to the top bottle which was made for a firm called Spencer Tyler from Weston Super Mare (havn't been able to find any dates for them ).
The Hodges & Son (bottom) has an even bluer tint to it !
The other, larger(left), earlier (3 piece mould patented by Ricketts) bottle has a brownish tint to the green (it is green !).
I note that Margaret Thomas states in her book (I've now got a copy, cheers) that in 1836/37 only crown window glass was being made at Nailsea.
Baked_Beans:
Here's another , there is a definate blue tinge in the hat .
Perhaps after Nailsea closed many of the glassworkers went to find work in the bottle works in Bristol and continued to make friggers !
Frank:
Of course they did and that is why it can be near impossible to trace a frigger to a factory.
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