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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => British & Irish Glass => Topic started by: jal on August 27, 2007, 04:04:31 PM
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Hello, does anyone know anything about C.Ramsey. I have a few perfume bottles & paperweights, signed by him, and have seen many more, but can find nothing about him, other than his christian name may be Colin. There were 3 of his signed perfume bottles on stall at Goodwood antiques fair today.
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Hi :) I found one hit on Google for a Charles Ramsey, near Inverness, Scotland. He makes paperweights, perfume bottles and small vases from a small self-built furness. Could that be your man?
He's on this list:
http://www.hi-arts.co.uk/makers-list.html
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:hiclp: Hi Max, well done, I think that may be my man. I tried google, but must have missed it!! Many thanks, John.
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Hi, I have e-mailed the address given in the site given above, by Max, and had a lovely reply from Charles V Ramsey. He started making glass in 1975, with Peter Layton in Morar. They set up London Glassblowing Workshop in 1976 in Rotherhide. He left twice, 1978-81 to set up a studio at Tweedbank, & 1986-9 in Vauxhall. He finally left LGW in 1999 to set up in Scotland, but is now about to retire, & move back south. His glass is normally signed, CV Ramsey, and has a date code letter, and a place of manufacture letter. I hope this may help any further enquiries into this gifted artist.
Regards, John.
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That's very kind of you to come back and post that information John, and you're right, no doubt someone will find it useful in the future. :) :)
If you have a photograph of one of your perfume bottles, would it be possible to upload one here? It'd be lovely to see the work of this artist. There's a new facility where you can upload direct from your computer, under the Reply box. Thank you again for reporting back to us. :)
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GMB is simply the right place - :hiclp: ALWAYS
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Hi, just thought I would add a pic. of 3 C.V.Ramsey pieces. The paperweight is from the early 70's, the small vase & perfume bottle are this century. Regards, John. :ac1:
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Brief bio added on Scotland's Glass LINK (http://www.scotlandsglass.co.uk/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=211:charles-v-ramsey-glass-artist&catid=20:scottish-glass-makers-n-s&Itemid=14)
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The Ramsey article, link in previous post, has now been expanded by the addition of an illustrated brochures content - thanks John. Additional items will be added to Glass Images as they become available.
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Great resource, even if it was from years ago! Means I could get some great info about a piece of Charles Ramsey I bought this week! Link to a post of it on facebook if thats allowed? https://www.facebook.com/groups/220575688006436