Glass Message Board

Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: ian.macky on January 21, 2018, 05:49:53 PM

Title: Who made Falconnier glass bricks embossed "DEP FRANCE / BELGIQUE"?
Post by: ian.macky on January 21, 2018, 05:49:53 PM
I'm updating my Falconnier glass brick page (due to a contact from a Russian enthusiast, who sent me pics of both Polish and Russian manufactured versions used in Saint Petersburg), and it occurs to me that I don't know who made the most common of his bricks!

The usual embossing seen is "DEP FRANCE / BELGIQUE" which I always assumed just meant "Made in France or Belgium", but in trying to pin it down, I find I can't actually identify the acronym or abbreviation "DEP" at all.

So my two questions are:
  • Who made these?
  • What does "DEP FRANCE / BELGIQUE" mean exactly?  Is DEP an abbreviation or acronym or company mark??
    • Am feeling ignorant since this is such an obvious question that should have been asked long ago.   ???

    I also found a new 8-page Falconnier catalog from Glashüttenwerken Adlerhütten, ca 1905, which I have scanned and put online:
    Here's the 27MB 300DPI PDF: http://glassian.org/Falconnier/Catalog2/falconnier_adlerhutten_catalog_1905.pdf (http://glassian.org/Falconnier/Catalog2/falconnier_adlerhutten_catalog_1905.pdf)

    Thank you!

    --ian
    Title: Re: Who made Falconnier glass bricks embossed "DEP FRANCE / BELGIQUE"?
    Post by: keith on January 21, 2018, 06:07:35 PM
    If it's the same as you find on some bisque head dolls' don't ask why I know this  ::) it means registered, it's from the word deponiert I believe.
    Title: Re: Who made Falconnier glass bricks embossed "DEP FRANCE / BELGIQUE"?
    Post by: ian.macky on January 21, 2018, 06:26:00 PM
    Quote from: keith on January 21, 2018, 06:07:35 PM
    If it's the same as you find on some bisque head dolls' don't ask why I know this  ::) it means registered, it's from the word deponiert I believe.
    Perhaps déposer (to file a patent)?  That would work, but seems odd the body would note it's registered in France/Belgium, while the seal usually says "D.R.P / 41773" -- D.R.P. is Deutsches Reichspatent, non?

    An online search for "DEP FRANCE" turns up almost no likely hits; also seems odd that this would not be a more common embossing on patented glassware, if that's what it means.