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Glass / Re: Cut lead crystal flower or hyacinth bulb vase for ID please
« Last post by Ekimp on Today at 12:10:19 PM »
In my Phelps Warren, plate 85A shows a vase very similar to yours in shape although the top part is more cylindrical. It is 7 inches tall and he calls it a hyacinth vase. It does look like a decanter body and neck but there is no mention of it being a decanter, just a hyacinth vase. Lucky the top survived, should think these are genuinely rare.
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British & Irish Glass / Re: Georgian glass
« Last post by Ekimp on Today at 11:58:36 AM »
There is a covered urn, plate 28b, in Phelps Warren Irish Glass that has some similar cutting and also looks like a similar pontil mark.
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Glass / Ruby Glass Vase
« Last post by niktam on Today at 10:45:43 AM »
Any thoughts on this 18 cm Ruby Vase - tried image search which brought up Hocking, but this isn't signed?
Thought I was told 30's when buying, but that was many years ago.
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Glass / Re: Purple Bagley Tulip Lamp
« Last post by Lustrousstone on Today at 08:45:19 AM »
There was no amethyst lamp in the Bagley book; one was a cucumber 2 dish (made 1930-1975) and the other a fantail vase (made 1959-1974)
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British & Irish Glass / Re: Bonnet glass I believe ?
« Last post by Keith Mick on Today at 08:31:18 AM »
Nice glass. These do seem to be dated around 1800. How thick is the bowl on this glass? I have a similar glass posted on here "Georgian glass " https://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,73378.0.html if your interested. I've heard somewhere that a Monteith glass is very similar but the bowl rim has a cut pattern with alternating points and rounds.
Cheers,
Keith
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Glass / Re: Purple Bagley Tulip Lamp
« Last post by theElench on Today at 07:31:01 AM »
Another cup of coffee and another couple of question comes to mind.

Was this lamp one of the two examples that you found ?   
If not, what were the production periods for them ?
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Glass / Re: Purple Bagley Tulip Lamp
« Last post by theElench on Today at 05:25:26 AM »
Companies like Walther and Davidson were introducing new colours during the 30's, in connection with their "Ora" and "Oralit" ranges.  Might Bagley have thought it was being left behind and trialed a few pieces of "Amethyst" during the same period ?

Or could it be that Bagley tried it out during the 50's when post war Austerity was easing with new colours and designs becoming more common again?

Another thought, having read that Sowerby bought some Davidson moulds when they closed, did someone buy the Bagley lamp moulds and produce some examples after Bagley shut down ?  Purple was a popular colour for decor in the 70's.
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Glass / Re: Cut lead crystal flower or hyacinth bulb vase for ID please
« Last post by chilternhills on Yesterday at 10:27:55 PM »
Thanks Mike. Interesting. You mean that the stopper might not have a stem and simply be a globe? I have several books on Irish glass in the museum library, but not the one by Phelps Warren. I'll have a look tomorrow. My thing is contemporary studio glass. If this piece is around 1810 I'm struggling to know anything much ;-) So thanks for the pointer.
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Glass / Re: Cut lead crystal flower or hyacinth bulb vase for ID please
« Last post by thewingedsphinx on Yesterday at 09:41:13 PM »
When I first saw this post I thought surely not a hyacinth vase as it look very thick in construction and being of cut glass unlikely. Also the polished out pontil makes me think 1810 ish.
I just looked in my Phelps Warren book on Irish glass and there are some examples of Prussian shaped decanters with a large wide opening for a bulb to sit in on the top. They appear larger than this with far more decorative cutting styles. But this one could very well be an early flower vase from around 1810 ish.
Possibly Irish ?
Mike
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Glass / Unrecorded? Mark on pressed glass compote c.1840
« Last post by cagney on Yesterday at 09:20:53 PM »
  I unpacked this compote recently and just realized that it is marked with a raised H&V on the inside bottom of the bowl. I cannot find anything about this mark anywhere. Any information or even guesses at this point much appreciated.

   This pattern of leaf scrolls and stars in quadrants separated by lines shows up in the Luanay, Hautin catalogues of 1840 and 1841in the form of plates no.1222. CMOG has a 4 in. plate in virtually the same pattern as the catalogue examples that they attribute to Belgium. 65.3.64. All these examples differ from mine in the center pattern, diamonds and star center versus dots and clear center.

  The closest example to my pattern can be found herewww.pressglas.de/Pressglas_1840-1940/Nullserie_start/Nullserie_2/nullserie_2.html. I think the mould for the bowl on mine is specifically to be attached to a stand , thus no need for the star center or a foot ring to rest on a flat surface.
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