Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: Bernard C on January 20, 2009, 08:24:12 AM
Title: Concentric ring design on base of oak leaf and acorn malachite can
Post by: Bernard C on January 20, 2009, 08:24:12 AM
"Tiggers don't like haycorns."
See this completed eBay listing (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170294013197).
From memory I don't think pieces carrying this or any other concentric ring design on the base have been attributed with any certainty. I hope that this information is useful to someone!
Bernard C. 8)
Title: Re: Concentric ring design on base of oak leaf and acorn malachite can
Post by: ChrisStewart on January 20, 2009, 08:36:18 AM
Hi,
Both Davidson and Greener used it.
Regards
chris
Title: Re: Concentric ring design on base of oak leaf and acorn malachite can
Post by: jsmeasell on January 20, 2009, 12:40:44 PM
I don't think those circles should be construed as a maker's mark of any kind. These are likely part of the mould construction to allow the piece to "relieve" from the mould after pressing is complete.
We have a sugar basin and cream jug in this same pattern, and both have these circles on the undersides. I wonder if the cream jug and this "tankard" were made from the same mould. Perhaps the winner of the tankard will post careful measurements, and I can do the same with the cream jug.
Title: Re: Concentric ring design on base of oak leaf and acorn malachite can
Post by: Bernard C on January 20, 2009, 01:37:28 PM
I don't think those circles should be construed as a maker's mark of any kind. These are likely part of the mould construction to allow the piece to "relieve" from the mould after pressing is complete. ...
James — Agreed, but they could be a signature feature of one particular mouldmaker, even if his moulds ended up in different glassworks.