Topic: 18th century Milchglas schnapsflasche - my oldest piece of glass

[flying free]

Just for reference, I found one of these at the V&A that is remarkably similar in decoration, especially the lady, but also the type of decoration over the bottle.  They have it dated to c.1710-1730, so it's a bit earlier than I'd thought.
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[chopin-liszt]

You never stop, do you?
Lovely snippet of extra (potential) info. to be confirmed.

[flying free]

 
In an ideal world, I'd do a 6mth tour to the list of museums I'd like to visit and photograph collections.   I love going to the V&A and actually seeing the glass close up.  Photos can't replace what something actually looks like to the naked eye.

I'd forgotten I photographed this one though as I didn't have it last time I went up there so didn't take much notice then.
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[chopin-liszt]

There are some museums I'd like to spend 6 months in. 

[Paul S.]

just a reminder that I did get agreement from the V & A year or so back that we may show pix of their glass on the GMB  -  similar to the arrangement that we have with TNA  -  and like the Kew pix it's a condition of the agreement that they're watermarked with a similar wording.

Not always easy to get the camera close enough, especially if the piece is small, and then there is the matter of the cabinet glass which might produce some reflection.          But for larger items it should work o.k.  -  think I've only used it once on the Board and the result was quite good.

So if you have a pic or two m and can watermark them....................

[flying free]

Paul, I'd love to know how to watermark them!  None of the programs I have will do it.  And I really want to be able to do it with my other glass as well.
What do you use?
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[Paul S.]

try this link which was posted by Bernard some time back - if I can use it then it can't be too difficult..........                 http://zippyhelp.com/imagetools/watermark/watermarker.htm

[flying free]

my first attempt then and thanks Paul.
Label states - Central Europe about 1710-1730
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[Paul S.]

to enlarge the watermark text, you can break the wording and make two lines, as follows.............

type as many words as you want on the first line then (without touching the space bar) hit the less than key followed by lower case br, then hit the more than key, and continue immediately with the remainder of your text.           Obviously it's somewhat trial and error to get the hang of the best fit, but should allow you to increase the font size by quite some margin.         I think the idea was that it should be on each separate picture, but a good start.  

[flying free]

do you mean I should have put it on the label as well?
the middle picture is my own piece.