Topic: Victorian pressed glass “Obelisk” Cleopatras Needle, Greener?

[agincourt17]

The obelisk shown in Mike's opening post and that shown as fig. XXXII  on page 112 of Slack would seem to be of the same type, even to the creamy-ivory-pale beige colour of the glass. My first photo is of example in white opaque glass.

The blue marbled glass obelisk shown in colour as photo 4 on page 82 of Thompson seems to be similar to that
of the blue marbled glass obelisk shown in my second photo. This obelisk is just over 10 inches high and has no heiroglyphs to any of its sides. I have no attribution for the manufacturer.

My third and fourth photos are of another and different pattern of obelisk, also of unattributed manufacture, this time in purple marbled glass. 8 inches high, with a distinctive scalloped edge to parts of the base and pediment, and without any heiroglyphs to the vertically ridged sides.

Fred.

[thewingedsphinx]

Well done Fred, I’ll try and do a group shot of all 3 of those at the weekend especially as my technical know how has reached new heights. We also have the brown Malachite one as Moore with a
Mike

[Anne]

Does this picture work?

Excellent! Much better Mike, thank you.

[Tigerchips]

Might be worth searching Pressglas-
Korrespondenz using the search term 'Obelisk', then translating it using Google translate.... https://www.google.com/search?q=Obelisk&sitesearch=pressglas-korrespondenz.de&gws_rd=ssl

[Paul S.]

part of the translation says 'manufacturer unknown' - so no further forward, unfortunately.          Much of the original text talks about the history surrounding gifts - by Egypt - of obelisks to both the States and the U.K.
It's worth translating the whole German text for interest  -  but it's the final few words where there is a tongue-in-cheek suggestion that if the hieroglyphs were deciphered, they might provide the name of the manufacturer

[Tigerchips]

Interestingly, in the seconds link, there is a mention of a candlestick with hieroglyphics made by Vallérysthal. It's shown in the catalog Vallérysthal 1907, page 213, no. 3351.

[thewingedsphinx]

Thanks for the comments, here is a group shot of some of my fathers obelisks, they are all hollow, the Flint was has a strange iridized value to it as in some light you can see several colours, I haven't see another the same as this. Funnily enough  in my folks notes it mentions "pomade jar" so I think they must have seen the article in the book mentioned previously however this is hollow like the rest.
Cheers Mike
All unmarked none attributed to anyone as far as I can tell.

[thewingedsphinx]

I am having technical problems with my pictures please can the two links in previous message be deleted thanks.

[thewingedsphinx]

Hopefully this works

[Anne]

I am having technical problems with my pictures please can the two links in previous message be deleted thanks.

Done as requested for you Mike.