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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: Frank on February 26, 2008, 10:36:09 PM
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It is the thingy on the right:
http://www.glass-study.com/studypic/PGmag/EN_1950_01/PG1950_01_page072-pl03.jpg
These were in the S&W museum in 1950
Other 5 items are; left to right.
(A) Ale glass depicting “Dr. Syntax at Glass Works” in coloured enamels. Probably Bristol, by Michael Edkins;
(B) 2-inch Piggin, used as punch ladle, Irish;
(C) Trick glass, with hollow false bottom to be filled with liquid;
(D) Bell glass;
(E) Teapot-shaped oil container for filling lamps;
courtesy The Glass-study
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Would it have been a vase specifically for rushes? It does look tall enough for that sort of plant.
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For damping the rushes used on floors as disposable carpet, maybe, or damping rush matting or seating to keep it flexible
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Originally a rose water sprinkler, a straight4ward copy from antique Spanish glass; it has a name I cannot find right now - something like Ariballo or Aborratcho.
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"Fresh n vac" then, or "Fresh n not vac" as the case may be
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Fascinating and remarkable in showing that a piece of glass can be such an intimate piece of social history. I wonder what it was like to live with such flooring... presumably used over stone floors which are cold and limited to those that could afford such a piece of glass. Presumably it was to suppress the dust.
Ivo, when would such things have been made in Spain. Spanish glass seems such a mystery with the only books I have being in Spanish, I know there are some older books in English but mostly Spanish glass is out of the radar for English speakers. Would you recommend any reading on Spanish glass history?
Spanish glass from La Granja, salt cellar with candleholder, 18th century.
http://www.glass-study.com/studypic/Articles/LaGranja/la-granja-3b.jpg
courtesy The Glass-Study
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And disguise the smell of the rotting food scraps, etc. :spls:
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Another interesting aspect is that with copying being common 300 years ago that people still get excited about their particular fancy in glass being copied. Or should one say inspired by.
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Frank, this has a brief note about rush floors:
http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/middle-ages-hygiene.htm
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Thanks Anne, very interesting. Pity they smother the whole page with adverts!
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Really Frank? I didn't see a single advert at all - must be my settings. ;)
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Would you recommend any reading on Spanish glass history?
I don't think there is much, not even in Spanish. I cannot even recommend the "Royal Glassworks" book. The "Manufactura Real" in La Granja was the maker of prestigious glass in the European styles - cut crystal, tableware, gilding, decorating etc.
For the rest there is some fine handmade glass in the Venetian style with lots of pinchered decorations. Chances are you will not find that in the wild, I don't think I've ever seen any outside a museum.
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Any Spanish glass collectors out there? Feel free to answer in Spanish, we can always use online translators to read it.
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Ivo said:
... it has a name I cannot find right now - something like Ariballo or Aborratcho.
Yes, maybe "almorratxa" or "almorrata" according to Newman's Illustrated Dictionary of Glass. Also referenced in Ivo's book.
But Newman showed a picture of "almorratxa" that is rather different in structure, having a stemmed foot, body with draped rigaree-type decoration and with four "sprinkling spouts" rising from the shoulder of the body. The Kuttrolf of Germany seem to be closer to the source of the "entwined-tube" style like the one Frank shows.
The Spanish versions were apparently made in Catalonia in the 16th to 18th centuries.
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I have read (from a 19th century text written by a Spaniard- sorry, on this occasion I don't want to add a source reference) that they were used in Spain(the ones with multi spouts) by the girls in the village, to sprinkle rose water during the festival of the patron saint of the area (referring to those made in Catalunia).
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