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Author Topic: Ditchfield or Dremel?. ID = Ditchfield (early)  (Read 1829 times)

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Offline KevinH

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Re: Ditchfield or Dremel?. ID = Ditchfield (early)
« Reply #10 on: April 25, 2016, 04:23:04 PM »
Yes, it says, 1980. For once, I find the thumbnail images better than the larger ones for reading that date!
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Re: Ditchfield or Dremel?. ID = Ditchfield (early)
« Reply #11 on: April 25, 2016, 04:56:41 PM »
It can take a glassmaker a little while to get used to using a tool to make a signature.  :)
I have an early piece by Steven Foster, bought from the shelves at Broadfield House after I'd spent a lovely afternoon watching him and Ian MacDonald working.
He had a lot of trouble with it and his S came out like a "J"; Foster came out reading "Foetar".
A couple of years later, Ian was signing a piece I was buying from him at a fair - and he had even more trouble getting a mark made. The tool kept slipping and his writing went all spidery.
I know his signature is there, I still have trouble even finding it.
I'm fairly sure (now  ::) ) that I've seen pretty primitive productions of "J Ditchfield" before too.
Cheers, Sue M. (she/her)

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