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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: Bernard C on September 06, 2008, 07:06:02 PM
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Frank — Brilliant. I've had a mystery decanter for getting on for a decade now, which has baffled everyone who has seen it, including Roger and Nigel.
Heavy, good quality blank, engraved stopper and rim No. "48", restrained simple cut pattern, acid-etched "MCG / MADE IN ENGLAND".
Grateful thanks,
Bernard C. 8)
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... Heavy, good quality blank, engraved stopper and rim No. "48", restrained simple cut pattern, acid-etched "MCG / MADE IN ENGLAND". ...
Frank & Andy — Apologies, I've just found this decanter, and I was wrong about the acid-etched mark (but, perhaps surprisingly, correct about the stopper number).
The factory mark actually reads "MADE IN / MG&S / ENGLAND", and is in small thin lettering with the "MADE IN" AND "ENGLAND" arranged in a circle like the Webb and E&L marks, etched on to the neatly ground out and polished pontil mark.
The cut pattern is similar but not identical to Andy's set of glasses here (http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,19245.0.html), being a little simpler with no criss-cross infill between the stars.
Has anyone any ideas about "MG&S"?
Bernard C. 8)
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Should be separated topic.
Max Guggenheim & Sons - 52 Bedford Row London (1955 & 1962 references)
Importers - Continental, Czech, Japanese, German glass.
Outsourcing of decoration in UK would justify Made in England.
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No reason either that it was made for factoring by MG&S.
n.b. I have not confirmed that they used this mark.