Topic: pressed glass amber bowl British ?

[malcmat]

Trying to find the I/D of this pressed glass amber bowl with a faint glass mark on the inside base which looks like a  lion? i have seen this mark before but cannot place it.
12 cm dia or 4.5 inches x 2.750 inches tall.
many thanks
malc

[Tigerchips]

Davidsons or Greener i would guess. Not something i've seen before. Looks like an old piece too.

[malcmat]

Yes it does look old lots of base ware on the legs and other bits on the body. I looked at the greener pressed mark earlier but the one on the glass is faint.
thanks

[malcmat]

Hi, took a blu tac pressing but not found the image as yet.
Regards
Malc

[Paul S.]

does look like it has to be possibly either Davidson or the Henry Greener mark.           Pity the lower part of the lions body seems absent - it's unfortunate that all three potential trademarks face left.
In view of a lack of battleaxe then would seem unlikely to be Greener & Co.

I'm tempted to say Davidson as the higher of the two arms on the Greener mark is almost on a level with the head  -  in the Davison mark the right arm is noticeably lower  -  but who knows.

[mhgcgolfclub]

Hi
Looks like Henry Greener.

Roy

[Paul S.]

on reflection Roy am inclined to think you're right  -  holding the star possibly.

P.S.   It may be just a coincidence, but if you look at the top photo - page 57 - in Thompson, there is an open sugar with identical form of decoration in the way of a ribbon carrying repeat dots - it's No. 8 on the list, and apparently Registered to Angus & Greener on 26th June 1867 - Rd. No. 209161.
As I say, it might just be coincidence.

[agincourt17]

Definitely the Henry Greener '1st lion' trademark used between 1875 and 1885.

I don't recognise the pattern as from a Henry Greener registered design, but the strapwork decoration is certainly similar to Angus & Greener's RD 209161. RD 209161 was for the decoration rather than the shape (see photos below).

Angus & Greener became Henry Greener in 1869, so it is not unlikely that Henry Greener used elements of their predecessor's designs.

There were lots of unregistered designs from Henry Greener during this period (identified mainly by the 1st lion trademark) but I haven't this shaped bowl before (with or without the strapwork) decoration.

Fred.

[thewingedsphinx]

I think when Greener registered items the registration number may have covered a whole raft of items and more than one pattern.
Cheers Mike