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Sowerby pattern 1852 opalescent uranium glass swan.
nick.a:
Thanks for that Fred. I've asked the V&A for more details on their attribution, and just found their swan's dimensions - Height: 10.7 cm, Width: 15.5 cm maximum, Depth: 8.2 cm, which I think, put it in the larger category (1852)?
Kind regards
Nick
vonann:
"The most reliable indicator for the Burtles, Tate & Co. swan attributions (irrespective of the size) is the RD number 20086 (registered 8 January 1885) that they usually bear."
Thank you Fred for your helpful info, do you know how long after the 1885 date the Burtles, Tate & Co Swans were made?
agincourt17:
Welcome to the GMB vonann.
Unfortuately, I've no idea how long after their registration date that the Burtles, Tate & Co. swans would have been made, but the firm was still registering designs as late as 1914, and appear to have been still making glass items into the early 1920s.
Fred.
Paul S.:
regret I know less than nothing about swans, but can anyone say why the V. & A. should describe their clear glass example as 'press moulded opaline glass' - I wasn't aware there was such a thing as clear opaline.
vonann:
Thanks Fred, that gives me a date range, first piece from that company, was a lucky find.
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