Topic: EAPG? Lidded Ruby Jar

[Bernard C]

See six images, each with click main image to enlarge feature, via http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-19953

H. 7" 17.5cm, w. 1lb ¾oz 478g, interlocking 14 spot pattern repeat (jar and lid), rims ground flat, lightly chamfered, and polished, three-way (Y) shear mark to base of jar.

No mould lines visible — it looks to me as though the shape moulds were steam lubricated with the glass being rotated in the mould.

This pattern seems to be what Bill Heacock terms either Coinspot or Windows.   I have his books 2 and 9, and found another 14 spot pattern repeat on a Windows tumbler at 312 in Book 9.   Both books warn about reproductions, so I am not unduly optimistic.

Lots of apparently genuine light wear on the base.

I would be grateful for any information on this nicely made jar.

Thanks for your interest,

Bernard C. 

[Lustrousstone]

It's not EAPG; my understanding is that Early American Pattern Glass is pressed not mould blown

[Bernard C]

Christine — You may be correct.   However Heacock called his books "The Encyclopedia of Victorian Colored Pattern Glass", and included both pressed and mould-blown.    From a quick scan through my two books he seems to have avoided the term "EAPG" — perhaps he found it confusing.   I've seen "EAPG" expanded to "Early American Pressed Glass" on US websites, so there seems to be difficulty with the terminology.

Bernard C. 

[Ohio]

"so there seems to be difficulty with the terminology", well yes but you have to be from the U.S. to understand we have a bad habit of using interchangable terms & yes both camps claim EAPG as their own.