Topic: Cameo plate - coral - Maroon on Clear. ID = Touchard

[misha]

Purchased in 2008 from a Belgium seller on eBay, never really had a good idea of where this was made and when.

Old photo resized, poor colour rendition shown by white paper under item.
Glass grubby as is frosted finish all over, needing good clean.
Item is packed away and problematic to get to quickly, so all dimensions are from memory.
Design of coral [??] profile in each of the 3 stands differs.

Plate, approx 180mm Dia. x 25mm H x 4mm thick.
Maroon layer around .5mm.
No sign of pontil mark.
Rim edge sharp square finish, not rounded off.

Any ideas where, by whom and when this could have been made please?
Anyone seen similar theme in this colour.
 

[flying free]

Reminds me of these Touchard pieces here (these are smaller than your piece and I believe these would have had a metal frame and been  ashtrays I think.  Perhaps yours originally was meant to have a metal frame or stand of some sort?):
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,44168.msg245947.html#msg245947
and here:
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,49487.msg279107.html#msg279107

and interesting that you bought it from a Belgian seller - I wonder if Touchard may have been Belgian not French.
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[misha]

Thanks, looks like another one found.

Those pieces look to have many similar features, except for size and with your 2 bird item, what appears to be a glossier finish to the matte finish my dish has.
 
The rather flat [as in not relief carved effect] etch work, colour rim edging, low profile [like dish rather than deeper bowl] and texture on underside are very similar.

Time to find it and get better photo's under decent light.

[misha]

Coral?  Not sure now. 
Hardly a European theme. 
I thought it may have been so due to colour used.

Any other ideas on what type of stylised plant that could be folks?

[flying free]

mimosa ish?
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[misha]

Looked through as many botanical images as I can and it could well be one of the varieties. 

I have a lamp base that has lost a lot of the etched out shallow 'red' layer of very same colour. That may have been of some association to this maker.
Packed away somewhere... I hope not 'lost' during last chaotic move. 

Can't say I recall seeing it during a superficial check of glass presence and condition, as higher value pieces were my focus rather than a know degraded item like that.