Topic: Straight-sided jug with ice-catcher spout , no handle , nice polished pontil - ID = Whitefriars

[Baked_Beans]

Just wondering if this might be Whitefriars (possibly  ). It's the polished pontil mark , slightly off-set, and the rounded-off base , which made me think , Whitefriars....(perhaps). I've seen so much Whitefriars glass, that the base looks very promising and it's in clear , flint, lead crystal (I think)  . Plus it was found with some other Whitefriars glass, in a secondhand shop. The design reminds me , a little , of this Mdina mixer jug here ....

http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,58527.0.html

There is very little age to the base, so it could well be modern. It's 6.5  inches tall, to the highest point, and holds just one 1/2 of a pint.  If it wasn't for the base and the fact that it was with some other Whitefriars glass (also in mint condition), I wouldn't have posted this on the GMB  Any thoughts would be very welcome. Cheers, Mike.

[Anne]

I have something very similar, Mike, with a stirrer stick, but like yours it has no handle but does have a nicely polished pontil mark. Someone (I can't recall who) suggested it might be Krosno...  that might be an avenue to explore.

[Baked_Beans]

Thanks very much Anne,

It does look similar !

I think these handle-less jugs with ice-catcher spouts are more common than I thought (having done some digging) !  I will do some more digging.. , cheers, Mike.

[Anne]

They are very well-made Mike, I must get round to trying it out for that martini one day!

[Baked_Beans]

Thanks Anne,

You could try making a Raffles....a popular cocktail from the colonial days .....

4 Measures of Martini

1 measure of gin

1 measure of Campari

ice

2 slices of orange

Stir over ice (not shaken  ) and squeeze in orange slices .....slurp ...

[Anne]

Mmmmm that sounds rather nice Mike... I'll add it to my to-try list!

[Baked_Beans]

Yes it is very nice, It should be 4 slices of orange (sorry , I didn't multiply it up properly ) and it was yummy !

[Baked_Beans]

Anne , I think I could have found an ID for yours. Your example has straighter sides and a thicker base than mine and a less pronounced curve to the spout at the top.

Yours might well be a Dartington, Hollywood mixer dating from the 1980's  . If you scroll down here you can see a boxed one........

http://frankthrower.blogspot.co.uk/

Cheers, hic.

[Anne]

Mike you're a star, thank you, it is the same as mine!  Mine was an unboxed unlabelled charity shop find but it's clearly the same as the FT260 Mixer and Stirrer on that page... thank you, I am one happy bunny now I know.

[Baked_Beans]

Ah that's great , very pleased to have managed to ID something for once ! 

The closest I have got to the general shape of mine is a small version of Whitefriars pattern 9439 without the handle , it's the flint jug shown here.............

http://www.whitefriars.com/catalogues/contents.php?id=1710

I'm not saying mine is Whitefriars because it isn't in the catalogues and this general shape is quite common for a mixer jug it seems.

Still digging !