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Glass Paperweights / Re: Perthshire Double overlaid Bouquet- Neil Drysdale?
« Last post by Lustrousstone on June 25, 2025, 08:07:22 AM »Please add a base shot (always essential for any glass ID) and height and diameter
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Glass Paperweights / Re: Paul Ysart Harlequin? Id pls.
« Last post by Lustrousstone on June 25, 2025, 08:06:20 AM »Please add base and profile shots (always essential for any glass ID) and height and diameter
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Glass / Re: I.D. please. Vaseline/Urdaium/ Fenton/ Or
« Last post by Lustrousstone on June 25, 2025, 08:02:59 AM »Definitely no uranium there (and uranium doesn't glow in the dark, as it's not phosphorescent. It does glow under UV light though). Your vase looks like a studio piece to me
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Glass / Re: identification of cloud glass bowl
« Last post by Mosquito on June 24, 2025, 09:27:42 PM »There is only a small (or a big) problem: the size of the pattern 'Herman' that is described in the link is 24,5 cm diameter. The 'Herman' I have here has (exact) a width of 34,5 cm and it has not grown over the years.....
Maybe a typo in the first figure or did Walther use more than one mold with different dimensions? Maybe a stupid comment, but I am new here and this kind of 'glass' is not my niche....
Checking the 1933 Walther catalogue, the bread basket from the Hermann suite (two 'n's, not one as I had previously written), is shown with dimensions of 36.5*24cm. Therefore I'd say yours is a match. The slight disparities between the catalogue dimensions and the measured size are not unusual, especially for patterns with a flanged (flared) rim such as this. I suspect the measurement given on the Cloud Glass site refers to the width rather than the length.
The catalogue is available from Pamela's glas-musterbuch site here: https://www.glas-musterbuch.de/portal/n34
Hermann pattern shown on p.26: https://www.glas-musterbuch.de/portal/p1299
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Glass / Re: identification of cloud glass bowl
« Last post by Jypy on June 24, 2025, 08:16:22 PM »Thanks for the link, Mosquito, and for bringing the pattern 'Herman' to my attention!
There is only a small (or a big) problem: the size of the pattern 'Herman' that is described in the link is 24,5 cm diameter. The 'Herman' I have here has (exact) a width of 34,5 cm and it has not grown over the years.....
Maybe a typo in the first figure or did Walther use more than one mold with different dimensions? Maybe a stupid comment, but I am new here and this kind of 'glass' is not my niche....
Thank you, Chopin-Liszt, for the welcome!
There is only a small (or a big) problem: the size of the pattern 'Herman' that is described in the link is 24,5 cm diameter. The 'Herman' I have here has (exact) a width of 34,5 cm and it has not grown over the years.....
Maybe a typo in the first figure or did Walther use more than one mold with different dimensions? Maybe a stupid comment, but I am new here and this kind of 'glass' is not my niche....
Thank you, Chopin-Liszt, for the welcome!
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Glass / Re: I.D. please. Vaseline/Urdaium/ Fenton/ Or
« Last post by TimelessGlass on June 24, 2025, 06:15:39 PM »Thankyou, all adds to the mystery. I rather like it, and I think it's a keeper.
I love the fact every piece has a story. My pontil knowledge is a bit rusty, so thankyou for the clarification too.
I love the fact every piece has a story. My pontil knowledge is a bit rusty, so thankyou for the clarification too.
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Glass / Re: I.D. please. Vaseline/Urdaium/ Fenton/ Or
« Last post by chopin-liszt on June 24, 2025, 05:39:43 PM »
I very much doubt this will glow under uv, it's just swirly yellow glass, but a very nice shade of yellow.I think you have a snapped off or broken pontil scar there, what we call a rough pontil mark or scar is one that has been ground out, roughly, but not smoothed and polished further after that.
The piece reminds me of a mystery greyish blue swirly bottle I have, but am still absolutely clueless about. The two pieces are similarly thick and the rims are pretty much the same.
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Glass / Re: identification of cloud glass bowl
« Last post by chopin-liszt on June 24, 2025, 04:57:23 PM »Lovely to see the website, thanks for the link, Mosquito.
I see this bowl is described as a bread basket there.
Welcome to the forum, Jypy.
I see this bowl is described as a bread basket there.
Welcome to the forum, Jypy.
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Glass Paperweights / Re: Info/ Conf please - Shona Spittel, "Kaleidoscope"
« Last post by TimelessGlass on June 24, 2025, 04:54:38 PM »Derek,
You can furnish me with all the details you wish. It's fascinating.
Your facts are indeed interesting. Glad it's challenging you and look forward to your response.
Thankyou so much.
You can furnish me with all the details you wish. It's fascinating.
Your facts are indeed interesting. Glad it's challenging you and look forward to your response.
Thankyou so much.
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Glass Paperweights / Re: Info/ Conf please - Shona Spittel, "Kaleidoscope"
« Last post by Derek on June 24, 2025, 04:10:25 PM »Hi Timelessglass
It's me again ! Shona Spittal was a long serving employee of Caithness glass.
As Shona Nicholson she joined Caithness as a trainee glassblower in 1985, rose
through the ranks to become training officer - a post previously held by Paul Ysart!
In 1992 she liaised with the designers in translating their designs into the step by
step procedures needed by the glassblowers to consistently create the design. She
married John Spittal who in 2002 was the Perth factory Manager. Shona stayed with
Caithness until the Perth factory closed in 2008.
Your weight Kaleidoscope is a mystery as it is not shown in the Charlton catalogue
for 1995 which is the Caithness bible. I cannot find any reference to Kaleidoscope
in 1995 anywhere. It was a popular name for a design there being three catalogued
versions through the years. There is a Shona Spittal design from 1996 which is
similar to your Kaleidoscope with the bolden bubble and what I am wondering is
if the Kaleideoscope weight was held back and re-released in 1996 in this slightly
modified form as hall of mirrors.
I know Allan Scott who was the chief lampworker for many years and have asked
him if he can shed any light.
Derek
It's me again ! Shona Spittal was a long serving employee of Caithness glass.
As Shona Nicholson she joined Caithness as a trainee glassblower in 1985, rose
through the ranks to become training officer - a post previously held by Paul Ysart!
In 1992 she liaised with the designers in translating their designs into the step by
step procedures needed by the glassblowers to consistently create the design. She
married John Spittal who in 2002 was the Perth factory Manager. Shona stayed with
Caithness until the Perth factory closed in 2008.
Your weight Kaleidoscope is a mystery as it is not shown in the Charlton catalogue
for 1995 which is the Caithness bible. I cannot find any reference to Kaleidoscope
in 1995 anywhere. It was a popular name for a design there being three catalogued
versions through the years. There is a Shona Spittal design from 1996 which is
similar to your Kaleidoscope with the bolden bubble and what I am wondering is
if the Kaleideoscope weight was held back and re-released in 1996 in this slightly
modified form as hall of mirrors.
I know Allan Scott who was the chief lampworker for many years and have asked
him if he can shed any light.
Derek
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