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Author Topic: Sowerby fern engraved custard?  (Read 969 times)

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Offline bat20

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Sowerby fern engraved custard?
« on: May 01, 2015, 03:59:23 PM »
Hi,I think this is a custard but not sure,it just has the peacock head so I can't date it accurately,definitely a Victorian pteriiii....pttehi.....fern crazy piece I would say,any thoughts on dates please.
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Re: Sowerby fern engraved custard?
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2015, 04:40:42 PM »
"Pteridomania"

A fern pattern dates items through Victorian times, between the 1850s and 1890s, but I'm not sure when Sowerby produced this.
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Re: Sowerby fern engraved custard?
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2015, 06:50:36 PM »
Ok,thanks David,maybe when they first started using the peacock?
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