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Inwald or Hortensja? Whodunnit?

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Lustrousstone:
Brilliant ;D now I can actually read it here at work.  >:D I suppose the question with so many of these similar designs was who had the idea in the first place. Everywhere I look it seems that so many glass designs are variants on something else of the same/similar period. I suppose I just hadn't realised it was so prevalent. It really struck home when I spotted a familiar sugar bowl with quite an unusual design on one of Glen's Sowerby CDs. I looked at mine, which I then realised was the one with a Jules Lang rgd no, and looked at the Sowerby one. The similarities are great and the differences quite subtle!

Glen:
Christine - I agree with all you say. So many "look-alike" patterns are in existence, and often there may be little differences but we don't actually notice them. It's not made any easier either, when some makers actually altered a design to fit a specific shape. For example, Brockwitz used their "Curved Star" (they called it "Zurich") on a host of different shapes, and totally altered the motifs and proportions etc. yet all the shapes and pattern variants were classed as "Zurich".

We might actually be on the trail of where the Diamond Cut design originated, thanks to something that our Cathy B has uncovered. More on this as it unfolds...

Cathy - many thanks. Good point about that little vase, I guess we need to start doing some more thinking  :)

Tony - cheers! The Hortensja catalogue was discovered by an English couple who were living in Poland. We aim to put it into the public domain (may take a little bit of time to get it all done, but it's on its way).

Lynne - many thanks for your kind words.

Pamela - I'm not completely sure how to answer you. I must have confused you somehow, and my apologies (the language problem). I believe that your pieces are "Pinwheel" - and are Hortensja.

Sue C:
Just a heads up for Glen, Ebay item no 200066242600, described as 9" carnival glass pinwheel, purpl, silver, blue.

Glen:
Thanks Sue, that's thoughtful of you. That eBay vase is actually a modern one made by the L. E. Smith Glass Co. in the USA. It's a spin-off of the sought after Millersburg "Ohio Star" vase (mucho $$$ for that one  :))

Sue C:
Hi Glen, i thought it was a bit ,what i call "clean" the colour is very blue, so is it described wrongly as pinwheel?

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