Topic: Stuart tumblers question.

[keith]

Picked these up the other day, the tallest, 5 inches is marked Stuart ( 1930s-50s ) but what is this type of decoration, it feels slightly raised 

[Lustrousstone]

Acid etched with a "needle". Check with a strong loupe. If you can see hesitations in the lines, it was done by hand like the glass I showed on FB the other day

[keith]

Thanks Christine, had a look with a lens and it's not actually raised but 'cut' into the glass, needle etched then ! 

[chopin-liszt]

You can normally test for in-ies and out-ies on surfaces with the tip of a fingernail.
It either comes to a halt on something raised, or dips a little into something more intaglio.

The tip of a fingernail is also good for testing for age-related wear that cannot be seen on a tiny base ring.
(By "tiny base ring", I mean the actual bit of the base that makes contact with a surface. It doesn't always all make contact.)

[keith]

I'll remember that,ta, in-ies and out-ies are types of belly buttons I thought !

[chopin-liszt]

Words can be flexible.

[Carolyn Preston]

Hence their ability to deceive! :-)

[chopin-liszt]

  Well spotted.

[keith]

All I need to know now is...who are Dolly, Lillian & Jack ?

[chopin-liszt]

Dolly was a very famous sheep.
Lillian is my next-door neighbour and Jack was my parents' next-door neighbour.
sorted.