Topic: Bargeware Style Glass Disc. What is it for?

[Della]

I would love to know what people think this could possibly used for, or what it could be part of?
4" diameter
TIA
Della

[Paul S.]

a sun catcher possibly  -  not much call for them in the winter tho         another possibility might be part of a wind chimes set            I get your drift re the comment Bargeware, but not period I wouldn't have thought -  do they make modern pieces in this style?

sorry not very constructive Della, but it's attractive.

[Anne]

I'd say it was enamel painted over the glass, Della. Bargeware painters paint on all sorts of things, as I can say from my own experience of doing it. 

I'd agree with Paul, possibly a suncatcher. Many narrowboats have small round (porthole) windows so it might have been designed to hang in one of those.

Paul, I'm not sure if you mean the glass or the painting by your question, "do they make modern pieces in this style?" The glass could be made by any glassmaker, I suspect. The painting - well... no idea whose it is, there are a lot of us still practising this old craft. It is possible to tell some painters either from their style or from their painter's mark (mine is a ladybird), This is bargeware but, IMHO, not an accomplished bargeware painter and it does not follow the standard colour convention for canal roses.

[Della]

Thanks, Paul & Anne   

It does have a mark, at 5 o'clock, but I agree, Anne, a bit naïve. The Coventry canal is directly at the bottom of our garden, so I think I will hang it from the apple tree that hangs slightly over the cut.  .
I was going to use it as a light pull, but it is that heavy that it would swing straight into the shower screen. 

[Paul S.]

in my ignorance, and not being remotely into bargeware, I was going to be dismissive of this as naïve waterway decorative art, and assumed the craft had died the death at the end of the C19.............    obviously it didn't 
I've seen the large - bargeware teapots I think - that come up occasionally on the Antiques Road Show - and know they can fetch big money.

that's a great piece of art you've painted Anne  -  very rustic and cheerful looking.           

Suppose if you have the canal at the end of the garden you can always say....    "we have ferries at the bottom of the garden".

[Della]

That made me chuckle, Paul 

[Anne]

in my ignorance, and not being remotely into bargeware, I was going to be dismissive of this as naïve waterway decorative art, and assumed the craft had died the death at the end of the C19.............    obviously it didn't 
I've seen the large - bargeware teapots I think - that come up occasionally on the Antiques Road Show - and know they can fetch big money.

that's a great piece of art you've painted Anne  -  very rustic and cheerful looking.           

Suppose if you have the canal at the end of the garden you can always say....    "we have ferries at the bottom of the garden".

The Measham teapots are amazing, Paul. Leni has at least one of them...

Thanks for looking, Paul. It's the biggest thing I've painted to date - it is a butcher's block table made by friends up here in Cumbria and they asked me to paint it as a fundraiser for the charity they support and which had helped them when they needed it. It took 6 weeks to paint!
Have you never been to the big London canal festival at Little Venice? I used to go each year with my stall and sit and paint there. It's an annual fab 3 day show over the early May bank holiday weekend and well-worth going to see.

There's a canal a few hundreds yard along the lane from where I live too, but it's a remaindered section so we don't have boats along it, sadly, so no ferries either! 

[Anne]

Thanks, Paul & Anne   

It does have a mark, at 5 o'clock, but I agree, Anne, a bit naïve. The Coventry canal is directly at the bottom of our garden, so I think I will hang it from the apple tree that hangs slightly over the cut.  .
I was going to use it as a light pull, but it is that heavy that it would swing straight into the shower screen. 

Hmmmm yes I see that now Della. I wonder what it's meant to be? Usually they can be recognised as something but I can't figure that one out...  I might poke around and see if I can find anyone who paints on glass like that...

[Della]

Oh wow, Anne, I didn't notice the hidden link. That is amazing!
Measham is just up the road from us and we go there most Sundays during carboot season.
Thanks, Anne, I wouldn't know where to start looking.

[Della]

I do believe it is signed AI, Anne.
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