Topic: Possibly Regency wineglass? (Posted for Martyn1)

[Paul S.]

sorry Martyn  -  this crossed with yours  -  perhaps Ekimp can help.

hi - much of what you write is undoubtedly true, for wine glasses in general.                I think the point about Skelcher is that, IMHO and although he doesn't make it very clear, he was referring to post Regency material - the sort of  general run of the mill uranium, clear and plain coloured wines, that would have been relevant to his interest - i.e. the sort of stuff that potentially had some uranium content - made post 1840 ish.
He seems to have been the only author to have taken uranium glass seriously, rather than collecting it because it was attractive.      I did speak to him a few times - got him to sign my copies of both his books - then promptly gave one away, or lost it
You can still buy his books on Abe, but they seem to be holding reasonable prices and not as cheap as I'd imagined  -  no idea if u. material is as popular as it once was  -  on a Sunday morning at boot sales ten years back, you could often come back with carrier bags full of the stuff, but highly unlikely now.

Obviously, workers were making wine glasses in previous centuries and methods had likely changed little, so your comments are valid and very useful, and if nothing else 'references' might encourage folk to read their books.      Years back I gave references in almost every post I did, but stopped because I came to the conclusion that folk either didn't have the books or didn't read them, plus there seemed less interest in clear historic glass as opposed to C20 coloured glass, which mostly has a bigger following.

Have to be honest, I haven't read all those references in full, so apologies if I've misled the congregation here, but you seem to be doing very well on your own  -  it does take some dedication to sift the writings of others and come up with something worthwhile which will help the Board.
Most of my contributions are limited to extracts from books, I have very little first hand knowledge of glass, other than the fact that once - forty years ago, I stood on the visitors gallery at Dartington and watched Frank Thrower demonstrating.

I'm going to be a tad quite this week - I've been given instructions to remove gutters, paint the soffits and fascias etc., so will leave you to post original and as yet unpublished material on such matters.       

I have tried before to differentiate the various styles of foot construction as discussed, but don't think the result was very successful - perhaps you will do better.

[Ekimp]

Thanks Paul, I find your posts useful and it’s good to see references, partly as it helps persuade me to buy the occasional book - you’re due a small commission on the Tumbler book and a shockingly substantial one for the Decanter book, I hope you received them ok

I am quite ignorant of quite a lot, being a relative newbie, but sometimes I think it helps to be new to a subject (not just glass) as you can look at it through fresh eyes. Hopefully it doesn’t rub people up the wrong way (too much) to occasionally look at other possibilities and ideas, as long as they’re founded on some sort of evidence and logic. Enjoy the guttering.

Martyn1, I don’t know what I’m looking for either (never paid much attention to feet), but I’m going to have a look. I suspect the marks will be very hard to photograph anyway (especially on my tablet!). You mention earlier about glass on film and tv, I think much of it might also be reproduction from companies such as this one: http://www.theglassmakers.co.uk/filmandtv.htm
Mike

[Martyn1]

Just to follow up on this.  An expert has stated that this type was c 1820 -1870. It is suggested that this particular glass dates from c1840-1870 due to the accuracy of the cutting.