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Whitefriars confirmation please.
Anne:
That's all I can tell you about it really, the W/f.com people confirmed it as Whitefriars, and I listed it on eBay as such with a link to the site and it sold without any problems, so I assumed they were correct in what they told me. :)
The pics of mine are in my gallery if you want to take a peek - the info from the Whitefriars peeps is there also:
http://yobunny.org.uk/gallery1/displayimage.php?pid=657 <-- vase
http://yobunny.org.uk/gallery1/displayimage.php?pid=664 <-- pontil mark
Edited to add: all the dimensions are with the images too if you want to compare them? :)
johnphilip:
I would think made from tother end , hence cracked of polished top = no pontil . ??? :-\
flying free:
JP I think the original poster is querying the information that Anne was told compared to his/her own vase - i.e. that later ones were not lead crystal and were soda glass and did not have pontil marks, because the original poster's vase has a firepolished rim and a polished pontil mark but it is light, not lead crystal. So it doesn't match the description Anne was given?
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Paul S.:
not that I know anything about these pieces, but thought the following, quoted from Jackson, might be of interest.............
Described in the book as "Angular mould-blown soda glass...... lightweight turn mould-blown".................. but of more interest perhaps is the entry from the Glossary for 'turn mould-blown', which reads..........."Smooth-sided mould into which molten glass is blown whilst being spun round on the blowing iron"
As would be expected, the rim would need finishing after detaching from the blowing iron, and this is done, usually, by attaching the pontil rod to the base, which in turn needs to be ground/polished to remove the scar.
Presumably more difficult to spin the heavier lead crystal examples, as opposed to the soda glass pieces - just possibly might imply that these lighter ones could have their rims finished by being held in some way other than on a pontil rod. ????
"Whitefriars Glass - The Art of James Powell & Sons' - Edited by Leslie Jackson - 1996......... pp. 136 and 152 (reference to plate 48 is in error - should read plate 148).
Paul S.:
sorry, not entirely sure I understand Pete's comment .... "did you ever find out who made yours." Is Pete asking if the glassblower's name is known?? or is Pete doubting the attribution ?? ???
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