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USA / Re: Figuring out who made it.
« Last post by cagney on Yesterday at 10:13:24 PM » My keyboard or what? Lets see
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USA / Re: Figuring out who made it.
« Last post by cagney on Yesterday at 10:04:59 PM » The attribution to Sandwich is current with scholarship on the subject known to me. Many if not all aspects of this bottle [cologne?] can be found in the Sandwich Guides by Barlow/ Kaiser. Some aspects correlate some what convincingly with cut glass of this period in the James Lloyd family collection, Three of which are ruby cut to clear. Although many of these aspects were in use by other glass companies foreign and domestic, overall a Sandwich attribution would in no way be out of line.
As for cut vesica in American cut glass parlance generally it is reserved for two separate lines joined at the ends to create a pointed elongated oval and dates back at least c.1830. Two of the ruby cut to clear pieces in the Lloyd family collection use this design in the vertical crossed at the ends with mitre cuts inside echoing the basic shape in the horizontal.
As for cut vesica
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British & Irish Glass / Georgian cruet bottle
« Last post by Keith Mick on Yesterday at 08:43:42 PM »Interesting little find from a week or two back, a cruet bottle from around 1810-30. It has a band of step or prism cutting either side of a row of diamond cutting. Unusually the foot is also prism cut radially not like the more commonly used star cut.
Sadly not the original stopper, may have been a mushroom shape original. Probably would have been part of a set in a silver or plated stand.
A lot of cutting work on such a small bottle, only 13.5 cm high without stopper.
Cheers
Keith
Sadly not the original stopper, may have been a mushroom shape original. Probably would have been part of a set in a silver or plated stand.
A lot of cutting work on such a small bottle, only 13.5 cm high without stopper.
Cheers
Keith
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France / Re: Portieux Hand Match Holder
« Last post by NevB on Yesterday at 02:10:29 PM »It does show a hint of a glow under a 395nm. UV light so it may contain uranium, however it glows much better under 365nm. UV so more likely indicating a manganese content.
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France / Portieux Hand Match Holder
« Last post by NevB on Yesterday at 02:04:58 PM »There are a few of these online usually described as eggcups or toothpick holders. It is actually shown in the 1907 catalogue, although it may be earlier, as a 3944 "porte-allumette" or match holder. It is 8.5cm. tall with a Portieux mark on the base and is well moulded.
https://www.glas-musterbuch.de/Vallerysthal-1907.189+B6YmFja1BJRD0xODkmcHJvZHVjdElEPTc5MTUmcGlkX3Byb2R1Y3Q9MTg5JmRldGFpbD0_.0.html
https://www.glas-musterbuch.de/Vallerysthal-1907.189+B6YmFja1BJRD0xODkmcHJvZHVjdElEPTc5MTUmcGlkX3Byb2R1Y3Q9MTg5JmRldGFpbD0_.0.html
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British & Irish Glass / Re: Davidson 1892 Pattern Dish
« Last post by Paul S. on September 07, 2024, 05:04:38 PM »seems the flint nodules were found to be a source of high purity silica by George Ravenscroft, in the mid C17 - Wiki says the flints came from the chalk deposits of southeast England - they should have come to my garden - I seem to have hordes of the stuff. 
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British & Irish Glass / Re: Davidson 1892 Pattern Dish
« Last post by NevB on September 07, 2024, 04:39:19 PM »Yes definitely uranium Paul and a high level according to my Geiger counter. My mistake about the flint glass, I should have just called it clear.
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Glass / wheel engraved tumbler.
« Last post by Paul S. on September 07, 2024, 02:05:05 PM »I couldn't remember the name of this type of 'fern' like engraving - Pteridomania apparently. A recent charity shop acquisition - suppose it could be late C19 or equally early C20 - but whatever probably has some age, and flicking it gives a good ring, though not sure if that's the shape that makes the sound or the possibly inclusion of lead in the glass. About 4.5 inches tall (c. 10.5 cms.).
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British & Irish Glass / Waterford ashtray.
« Last post by Paul S. on September 07, 2024, 01:42:06 PM »put like that it doesn't sound very attractive 
- there are one or two on ebay I notice - so really just for show - quite attractive with the two bands of substantial mitres running round the outside. A good paperweight too - the backstamp is the typical Gothic script used prior to 2000, but I forget offhand when that particular mark started life. The mark is difficult to photograph plus half of the mark appears not to have come out. Very heavy - diameter is c. 3.25 inches - I think a much better use is as a master salt 
- there are one or two on ebay I notice - so really just for show - quite attractive with the two bands of substantial mitres running round the outside. A good paperweight too - the backstamp is the typical Gothic script used prior to 2000, but I forget offhand when that particular mark started life. The mark is difficult to photograph plus half of the mark appears not to have come out. Very heavy - diameter is c. 3.25 inches - I think a much better use is as a master salt 20
British & Irish Glass / Re: Davidson 1892 Pattern Dish
« Last post by Paul S. on September 07, 2024, 01:15:17 PM »very attractive NevB - looks like uranium to me - flint is simply plain/clear uncoloured glass.
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