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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Resolved Glass Queries => Topic started by: buttonfluff on September 14, 2009, 08:44:37 AM
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purple swirl heavy vase...I saw one similar on whitefriars site and it was said to be prehaps from woolworths?? it has a polished base just interested what anyone may think here about this..many thanks (better picture added but its not small its just next to a giant paperweight)
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Modern decorative, were these sold in the British Heart Foundation shops originally, or was it TK Maxx? I think they are the bane of the Whitefriars.com stalwarts!
John
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Definitely Woolwoths, see here, the label tells it all
http://www.whitefriars.com/bb_orig/viewtopic.php?t=2009
Emmi
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thankyou i saw this at a bootsale for 50 pence after seeing the woollies one on w.f....and i couldnt stop myself buying it :) why do the cheaper items appeal more to me!!!! many thanks
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Find one with the label still on it, it could be the collectable of the future! ;D
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well you never know lol :)
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Hi, Talking of things bought in Woolworths, my Mum bought herself a blue Walther Greta vase back in the early 50s from Woolworths here in Norwich. (she never knew what it was until I started collecting glass myself) Look how much some of those are making now. Its always puzzled me what a 1930s vase was doing for sale in Woolies in the 50s. Cheryl
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Maybe old stock stored from before the war and brought out afterwards for clearance?
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I have heard of woolies selling bits that were later collectable and good brands too (my dad told me)
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I think a fair amount of glass was specially made for Woolworths too. The Greta vases were probably made post War by VEB Saschenglas http://www.glas-musterbuch.de/VEB-Sachsenglas-1965.73.0.html