Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. > British & Irish Glass
is this a sowerby drape?
geordieja:
photo links added so may help identify
regards
Glen:
Super photos - many thanks. I can't see the full sized images on the rapid share pages, but maybe that's just me. Anyhow the ones on tinypics are very clear and you most certainly have two lovely Sowerby Drape vases in black amethyst Carnival Glass.
The iridescence looks lovely and the vases are magnificent, and as I noted yesterday, sought after.
I'm honestly not sure what more info I can give you. They were probably made circa the late 1920s, in Carnival. The vase was made in other colours (not Carnival) such as the matted satin pink Anne mentioned. In Carnival they are only known in the 10" (as yours is) and have two top shapes (as you saw in my article). They are known by most Carnival collectors as Sowerby Drape. They are sought-after and hard to find. Value is a movable feast - depending on where, when and how you choose to sell. The two auction prices Dave quotes are representative. I can also tell you one sold in the UK earlier this year at a public auction for £260.
Truly beautiful vases.
Glen
geordieja:
many thanks for your help
will pass the info on to the missus and she can start looking up sowerby
glassware. may be useful in finding a link between davidson and sowerby
as i said in my original post that my grandfather got them while working at davidsons.
much appreciated all the help from the board.
Glen:
There were lots of links between the two glass houses (there are certainly glass workers who did "time" at both) but there is no evidence to show that Davidson made Carnival Glass.
Maybe your grandfather liked iridised glass and couldn't get it from the place he worked!
Do you have any stories about your grandfather's experiences at Davidson that you could share with us all?
Glen
geordieja:
wiill check with the folks to see what i can find out
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