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Thanks Cagney, I think I read somewhere that American makers used uranium as a colour enhancer, I presume that also applies to British makers.

  I had a good read on fulling and fulling mills from Wikipedia, quite interesting. One sentence stood out to me about the fulling mills and process as given from Wikipedia ""However, the cloth was taken out about every 2 hours to undo plaits and wrinkles ".Wikipedia does not elaborate further.  Smoothers of a certain type might come in handy in that part of the process.

  The rounded or mushroom shape  would make an excellent grinder in conjunction with a bowl. As we are dealing with two different types [ flat and rounded ], Two different jobs to be done?

  The assumption is they were used in a fist like grasp for some serious pressure to be applied and rightly so I think. The one I sketched from the Knophs book with the thumb rest at top almost proves the point, it is of the flat type. Where as the one from my collection if complete a bit different, more easily grasped by forefinger and thumb around the extension and thus palmed. More for delicate work?

That's s nice you received a reply.
Have you tried contacting the gallery?

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Thank you so very much!  I appreciate your help. 

I was wondering if any of you have had any luck? The original poster has the same mark as mine. It's a beautiful abstract art glass figure that is 14 inches tall, made of clear and amethyst glass. In addition to a Shield Mark, it is signed on the bottom with the date 11/04/2006. Thank you for any help—it's driving me mad looking!