Topic: chance spiderweb ??

[spotsandstripes2]

Hi Keith, never know, its a small world lol .He was there from the 30s to 80s I think    I've only just started collecting since he passed away 4years ago, they had a lot of Chances glass and it brings back lovely memorys for me 
 sue

[keith]

Think I might have a few years on you, my grandpa passed away well over 40 years ago, I think he was there till the late 50s,  my late father said he did 'radar glass' during the war and petrol pump tops after, small world it is.

[David E]

If your granddad did petrol pump globes then he would have worked for W E Chance & Co. Ltd (a company within a company) that went on to produce ... Fiestaware!

[brucebanner]

Were the transfers patented to chance or were they used by other companies, i have a creamer for sale on Ebay with the same rose pattern as the orange bowl, ( i dont like mixing business with pleasure if i can help it) but here is the link.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Chance-glass-pink-rose-pattern-glass-creamer-/151908119589?

[David E]

No, they were made by a company called J M Gulliver, Chance Additions, p.20. They have also been seen on other glassware and ceramics, so not exclusive to Chance. I have seen a jug like this before - is it Sherdley?

[spotsandstripes2]

Keith, they would definitely have worked there at the same time then, my granddad worked up on the top floor, management of some kind. I remember him telling me about the war effort and that he wasn't allowed to join up because the work chances did with the radar tubes was important. He passed away at the ripe old age of 103     just a few weeks short of his 104th birthday sadly 

[spotsandstripes2]

Chris, I looked at that earlier today, very pretty 😊

[keith]

Sue, that's a good age, can't remember how old mine was, he never spoke about his work and I didn't know he worked there until after I started collecting, i mentioned to my dad that I had some Chance glass and he said oh your granddad worked there, neither of them were known for being talkative 

[spotsandstripes2]

David, love the Additions book, very informative. I'm going to have to lend it my mum, it will mean a lot to her also... I am so glad that this history has being preserved, its great to be able to show my young sons what their Great Granddad was a part of. Thank you xx

[spotsandstripes2]

I think it was a generational thing, my Granddad talked to me quite a lot when I was little about it, but as I was small I've forgotten more than I remember. I remembers a few tales like that he got on well with Edgar as they both had a great passion for birds, and that he had many Chances friends in America, but my mum, his daughter, grew up with chances glass around her and remembers a lot more about the designs than I do