Topic: Need help identifying this, pleasr

[Crafty1]

Hello .  I have this vintage clear glass dish with winged edges and a seagull in the middle with clouds. There are bubbles in the glass. Measures 11 1/2" across wing tip to wing tip and 3 1/2" high.  I would like to know who made it , when and its intended purpose. I am not sure if I have described it in proper terms. If not perhaps someone can correct me. The picture files on my LG phone seems to be too large to post here...not sure how to reduce them. Thank you for your help  from Canada.

[chopin-liszt]

  Hello and welcome.
We have loads of techie help and info here;

https://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,34093.0.html

to help you with images. You just need to find the right set of instructions for the specific systems you use, in there.
I can't help you with anything to do with mobile phones. I'm not that technolgically advanced and I do not speak computerese.
If you're completely stuck, contact me by clicking on the envelope under my username. We can get in touch by email then, and you can send me he images to resize for you.

(I still use firefox and xp. The programme I use for resizing is painshop pro, but nobody else seems to use that these days. I can work these things, a bit.  )

[Crafty1]

THANK YOU for your help ! 

[chopin-liszt]

Thank-YOU for such good, clear images without fussy backgrounds which confuse!
Photographing clear glass is not easy.
I hope somebody will be able to help. I don't recognise it at all. The image in the bottom of the seagull and clouds is rather nicely done. The way is is oriented, I see more of a face in the clouds at the bottom than the gull above. It is of a certain sort of distinctive style, isn't it?
If you would be kind enough, we'd really like to see one other image of the base, to see if there is anything there. There may not be, especially as it does appear to be moulded glass and the feet are there too, but we still like looking at bottoms, if only for the reassurance there is nothing there, or to check that it is the right sort of "there's nothing there".

Has the image been cold-worked or is it moulded too? and I think I can see that it is in the base of the piece, not inside it.
If you cannot find any mould seams, that would indicate they've been polished off, which is a sign of quality.

[Crafty1]

Hello
Hope these additional photos help. I do not feel any seams anywhere on it. There are rough "nubs or small bumps" of glass occasionally around the back of the dish, which may be from a mould.  The pattern in the center circle seems to be pressed in from the bottom, center back of the dish. The feet are smooth where they join the bottom of the dish. I tried to take the best picture I could of the rougher bumps on the backside. I can send additional pictures of any area that you may need to see.

I have had this item for about 15 years and got it from a yard sale where an elderly couple were selling their home and downsizing. They said that they had received it as a wedding gift. I saw it and thought it was just a lovely item, had never seen anything like that before or since, and have had it hanging on my wall.  I moved and recently unpacked it and thought that I would try to find out more about it. I do appreciate your help, Thank-you !

[chopin-liszt]

Those should help a lot, thanks very much, particularly for the one showing the slightly rough texture.
A German company caller Walther used to make a fair bit of glass with etching and intaglio work in the base, they are a possibility, but this isn't really my area. (I'm into studio glass)
What we now need is for somebody who does know about this sort of glass to come along and recognise it. We are all just enthusiuasts here, and not everybody comes along every day. You may have to have a little patience until the right folk see it.
But we don't give up, here.
No evidence of mould seams, as I said, can mean they've been polished off, and such intensive hand finishing of work is a sign of quality.
It is a lovely thing.

[Crafty1]

Ok, I am not in any rush . Thank you Sue for all your help. I did do a search on some Walther pieces you mentioned and do see some similarities...they have made many beautiful pieces. I will keep looking to see if I can find a similar item posted somewhere and check back here to see if anyone does recognise it. Thank you again.