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Title: Sowerby Pressed Glass Comport / Cake dish
Post by: rosecottagesales on October 13, 2008, 07:03:40 AM

Hi all. I just bought a glass comport from a secondhand shop. It was clear in colour with rd no: 113560 and a peacock mark....Can anyone here date this item for me please? Cheers..Brenton...BTW, although the dish appears to be flint, it actually react to the UV light and turned green :)

Title: Re: Sowerby Pressed Glass Comport / Cake dish
Post by: Glen on October 13, 2008, 07:12:40 AM

1888

Glen  :)

Title: Re: Sowerby Pressed Glass Comport / Cake dish
Post by: Lustrousstone on October 13, 2008, 10:21:17 AM

The dull green is usually caused by the presence of the decoloriser manganese. It does NOT contain uranium