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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: Gilead on February 06, 2008, 02:17:20 AM
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Hi All
Im new to this site and i have just started collecting glass, i brought this bowl last week and have been trying to find out about it since, i came across this site when i visted whitefriar's could any one shed some light on this item please,
regards
Gilead
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Hi Again
Some more hope these help to define this glass, please click on picture for a larger view, thanks,
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Hello Gilead, and welcome :) a photo of the base and and your location (England, America, Australia) may help someone to identify it for you.
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Hi Sue,
thanks for your time, and i will now follow your advise but the base has no marks, on it im in the united kingdom, Andy for sure you are right thats what drawed me to it, the nice colour, it's my first piece of glass so im what you call a novice, in collecting, Gilead,
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The view of the base but no mark,s i forgot to ask is it a cake stand or a fruit, bowl ? :-\ i only payed £2.99 /$1.50 at a local charity shop, so am pleased very much as it's nice to look at, any help appreciated
Gilead
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It could be Sowerby, I'll look at the catalogues later.
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Hi Lustroussstone
Thank you for taking time to have a look, i was speaking to some one today whom said it might be Carnival Glass? if you manage to find it in the cat's that would be loverly bye for now,
Gilead
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Not carnival glass. There simply isn't any iridescence in evidence.
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Our very own Glen has lots of lovely pictures on her website that will show you what carnival glass is http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Geyser/1799/home.html (http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Geyser/1799/home.html)
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Hi David
do you think it could be by the chance brothers then,? been trawling ebay for a few days now and not found another one anywhere dont know why thought i might have found one but in a diifferent colour.
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Oh definitely not Chance...
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Thanks Christine - I was feeling rather lazy when I posted (sorry Glen :-[)
Gilead, it is not Chance (I just happened to be wandering by) :spls2: but I think Christine is on the right track. However, having your location would be helpful - US or UK pressed glass, for example?
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David im in the united kingdom but dont know where it was pressed, sorry
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Sowerby, Davidson, Bagley were the larger UK pressed glass concerns, but I'd personally favour one of the first two.
www.cloudglass.com is a good starting place to search for Davidson.
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I seem to remember seeing the Sowerby dolphin footed bowl in just this lovely shade of reddy-orange!
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hi Leni
would you say its sowerby then or can you point me in the direction as to where you saw it, please, im a novice at this glass collecting but seem to have the bug now,
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Can't find it in my catalogue CD. Doesn't mean it isn't Sowerby though
Yes Leni the Diving Dolphins came in "Ruby"
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Hi Guys,
I cannot help, but hats off to all of you working on this, a wonderful example of GMB members in action. Gilead, you could not be helped by a better, more wonderful, knowledgeable and generous group of people.
I hope you get the answer.
Regards,
Marcus
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Christine,
Many thanks for your help, and im sure Sklounion is right as ihave had nothing but welcome and good advise from the members so feel that i will find the answer here some where, im off to the same shop to moz, to see if any thing else as come in over the last few day,s also some local charity shop,s might find some other Glass, did see some lime green trays but was in two mind's but think im going to have them if still there, again thank's to everyone,
gilead
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Hi all
just after a bit of info is it best to start a new post if you have another piece of glass or just had to the post i have already started, plus, i have another post with several items on, some identified but others not, the ones not, should i post again but alone, then maybe it helps not having to have your heads full of different visual picture's. advise much appreciated, as i am new here, plus gives me an excuse to nudge this post
Gilead
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Hi Gilead, each item deserves an individual post, but please dont expect it to be answered straight away.
Sometimes it take's......
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Hi Sue
Thank you for the reply, i have now put up different posts for each item, and be most patient, in the mean time im off trawling the net to see if i can come across this bowl, its another day out hunting tomoz for me, so lots of walking and coffee, well and a bit of cake as well, haha cheers
Gilead
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Hi Saw a piece of pressed glass today in a book i am reading to gen up on Glass in general, it is the same colour as this bowl, and it was called Rubine a bright red from Sowerby's factory (c 1920 ) but it was square in shape, saying it is worth ten times as much as the same shape in amber or colourless glass,
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Not wanting to rain on your party but I have the feeling it is a Tazza from one of the pressed glass ranges from Stiver of Italy; these have been in production since the sixties and were made in every conceivable colour.
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Ivo
Thought Tazza were flat on the top not a bowl shape? am confused now,
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From wikipedia,
'A tazza is a shallow saucer-like dish either mounted on a stem and foot or on a foot alone. The word has been generally adopted by archaeologists and connoisseurs for a type of drinking vessel. It is the Italian translation of Cup'
Andy ;)
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Andy
Thank you learnt something else now this site is great and the peeps very kind and helpful delight to post on here,
Steve
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... I have the feeling it is a Tazza from one of the pressed glass ranges from Stiver of Italy; these have been in production since the sixties and were made in every conceivable colour.
Ivo — Thanks for that. I've always supposed that they might be late C20 American, so I got that wrong. A Stiver catalogue could be useful in identifying a number of old style mysteries in circulation. Do you know the whereabouts of one?
Bernard C. 8)
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A Stiver catalogue could be useful in identifying a number of old style mysteries in circulation. Do you know the whereabouts of one?
ehrm - yes. I've been hoarding one for years but I know it is not complete, it only lists the models which were in production in 1999. I talked to the sales manager a few years ago and he explained that they have been making this type of glass for 40 years, and there was no limit to the colours they used. This ranges from solid black, to all opaque colours, but also clear and tinted. So if you ask, did you make this in light blue, or in amethyst, or in bottle brown, the answer would always be yes.
I could try and photograph a few pages, the 'puter which operates the scanner has broken down. This is by the way the third computer on XP which broke down, I've heard nothing but crash stories these last week - is Bill gates busy blowing up all XP machines to sell more vista?
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Interesting, Ivo, that you mentioned black. There is a similar tazza, always in black, with slightly taller proportions and a wavy edge, to be found, again with little or no base wear, probably from the same stable.
Bernard C. 8)
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i'll put up a seperate thread called stiver with the 9 top confusables.
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Ivo — Grateful thanks — your Stiver topic is here (http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,19655.0.html).
It looks as if Gilead's tazza could be from Stiver's Diamante suite, and the wavy-edged black one from their Leonardo suite. Their various goblets / rummers look familiar as well.
Bernard C. 8)
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Hi
So could we be looking at a Tazza from the stiver Diamante Suite then, or is the jury still out on this, ?
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Steve, I think at this stage that's as close as you are going to get with this one. :)