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Glass Paperweights / Customised Perthshire oddity/curiousity?
« Last post by Glassheart on April 23, 2024, 04:45:12 PM »
Dear all,
I stumbled across this curiosity at a bric & brac shop the other day.  Being a Perthshire fan,  I recognised the canes.  However,  if I’m not mistaken this is a customised weight which has been converted I think to a candleholder/ornament.  Correct me if I’m wrong but I think this started life as a pp52 Inkwell and maybe due to damage,  it’s had its neck and top sawn off and then smoothed over and made into a candleholder ornament.  What’s interesting is that it has Xmas canes,  you can see Santa,  Xmas tree, a sleigh and an odd looking face which I think is a snowman,  as it works well as a Xmas ornament!

I’ve never seen anything like it,  but cannot find it online anywhere which is why I think it’s been modified at some stage.  Would you all agree?
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Glass / ID help please! Frosted blue pedestal bowl
« Last post by RSalmon on April 23, 2024, 02:16:00 PM »
Hi all, would really appreciate some help identifying this piece! I'm primarily keen to get an approx. date or any information about the design style, but the more info the better.

It has three mould seams, some small imperfections (bubbles and rippling) and no makers mark. I asked the woman I purchased from if she had any information about the age and she just said it was 'long before her time' and had belonged to her grandmother - I would guess her age at 50s/60s. From this and looking at other pieces online it seems possible that it could be 1930s, but I'm not confident.

Measurements:
4.5" base width
11" rim width
6.25" height
~2" pedestal height
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Germany / Re: Brockwitz No.491 "Einsatz Kakadu"
« Last post by NevB on April 23, 2024, 12:38:55 PM »
The bowl I now think is actually a Matthew Turnbull No.121 pattern.
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Glass / Re: need help identifying pair of glasses
« Last post by Lustrousstone on April 23, 2024, 09:15:48 AM »
From the ground rim finish and the yellow enamel under the gilding, I would say Bohemian/Czech. No idea on date though but probably pre WW2
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British & Irish Glass / Re: Joseph Webb sugar basin pattern 8018
« Last post by flying free on April 22, 2024, 07:41:02 PM »
Really elegant!  how did the lid fit into the serrated rim?
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Glass / need help identifying pair of glasses
« Last post by mark on April 22, 2024, 05:28:56 PM »
Hi , I need help identifying the lovely glasses , 7.5 cm high ,4.5 cm top and 4.5 cm base
Gold guild and black enamel decorated ,frosted glass ,any help please dating or maker , thanks
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Murano & Italy Glass / Re: Licio Zanetti Murano Fish and Elephant , Royal Kendall
« Last post by rosieposie on April 21, 2024, 11:15:14 PM »
Did you ever find out more about these pieces?
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Glass Trinket Sets / Re: Is this a Sowerby Trinket Set?
« Last post by Jayne on April 20, 2024, 10:12:25 PM »
Additionally, the actual dressing table set which is the main topic of the thread is now identified as Sowerby Pattern 2707;

https://www.glasstrinketsets.com/cms3/english/sowerby/2707
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Glass Trinket Sets / Re: Is this a Sowerby Trinket Set?
« Last post by Jayne on April 20, 2024, 10:06:09 PM »
Quote from: Jayne on May 31, 2012, 12:36:52 AM
I just read some moans about people disliking links, so I'm adding my Sowerby 2501/Cadet/Junior in green pics here too.

Also a note to Anne, I Googled "Sowerby Maid" and the only relevant thing that appeared was an old thread of yours. Reading through, I wonder if the above set/pot qualifies as a "bright diamond design"?  ;D

http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php?topic=29801.0

For clarification the green sets I posted some 12 years ago are simply Sowerby Pattern 2501 shown here;

https://www.glasstrinketsets.com/cms3/english/sowerby/2501

However, I would suggest the date for the 2501 sets is more 1930's due to pattern number 2501 coming before 2522 'Diamond' shown in the 1936 Catalogue. And after 2487 'Manchester' which I believe is shown in 1933 and 1936 catalogues/lists but dates seem off on the GTS site?
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Glass / Re: Mid 19th century opaline vase with ruffled rim & blue pineapple knop?
« Last post by flying free on April 20, 2024, 09:19:42 PM »
also I think from reading the reports,that it seems unlikely there would have been much American glass over here in the UK in that late 19th century period.
The report seems to ask how they can increase their exports to the various countries and the answer seems to be ... produce the products people want in that country,  produce them on time, ship them on time and with packing rates that are comparable to competitors in Europe and have sales people over in the countries to sell the items. 
The few I've read don't seem to indicate there are any insurmountable trade barriers in comparison to other countries so trade agreements/import tax doesn't seem to be the problem.  It does appear that they were trying to find a way of increasing their trade with European countries.

Therefore, along with the design indicators, I'd say the opaline vases in this thread are more likely to be French than American?
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