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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => British & Irish Glass => Topic started by: kimanded on September 01, 2009, 02:04:18 PM
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hi as anyone got any info on this bowl/dish. its 6inch high with a green rough line all the way round. also theres a gold line going all round the top. any info would be great. we also have a smaller one of these in just clear glass but same pattern. wiil be posting pictures of that one as well.thanks kim & ed
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Could it be Chance "Spider's Web"? I don't have my book to hand, so cannot check whether any was decorated in colour.
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hi sorry bowl/ dish 3 inch high not 6. can tell i am new to this ;D thanks kim & ed
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That is coloured Spiderweb by Chance, according to David Encill's book 'Chance Expressions' the green (and yellow) colourings were the most common. This dish could have had a lid at some point too.
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1950s. What diameter is it?
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Colours also included pink and blue.
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hi we would like to say thanks to every one who id both of the chance spiderweb bowl/dish. its a great site and is helping us loads. as we are new to glass collecting. thanks again kim & ed
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Kim, you'll probably find all sorts of things in Spiderweb now you've got it identified. :) The range was large and includes jugs, bowls, fruit sets, sugar bowls, pickle pots, and so on. The design was possibly inspired by lighthouse optics as the makers, Chance Brothers, were famous for making those huge lighthouse lenses in the 19th century. There's more about them in board member David Encill's book Chance Expressions (more about the book in our Books forums.) :thup:
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My Mum bought me a green one of these with a lid the other day, I put in in my glass display cabinet along side some other green glass (Sowerby Pandoras jar and Walther Greta vase etc.) it seems to change colour as the light fades in the evening making it look different from the other green glass.. Been meaning to ask what it was so you have saved me the trouble, thanks. Cheryl
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Cheryl, I assume yours isn't green glass, rather clear glass with crinkly green finish or a sprayed on matte finish
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You are quite right, it is clear glass with a crinkly finish over the top. I hadn't looked at it too closely!! No wonder it looks different to my green glass, it IS different.
My Mum bought it in an antique centre on a day trip to Suffolk, it had a label on it saying it was a 1930s piece. She got a bit upset when I told her it was not that old. She feels a bit conned out of her £15. But I've told her in future to be a bit wary of what sellers tell her as they don't always know exactly what they are selling. I don't think I would have paid all that for it, but it was a nice thought as she knows I collect 30s glass. Cheryl.
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She wasn't overly conned and the design dates from the 1930s, just not with crinkles. The lidded jars are not that common. Does the lid have a spoon hole?
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My Mum will be pleased to hear the price wasn't too bad. It does have a spoon hole, its in lovely condition with the gold stripe still intact. I think its just me being tight with my money!!!! I do like a nice car boot bargain for 50p. I bought a blue Bagley lidded cheese dish in the Carnival pattern in brilliant condition yesterday for 50p. My house is getting over stuffed with my glass habit, but its fun and it gets me out of the house. Cheryl.
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That'll be the pickle jar then, which sometimes had a metal lid. The biscuit barrel, the pickle jar and the celery vase all used the same base. (I wouldn't have paid that much for it either ;) )
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It might have been the covered jam though, depending on how tall it was. I have two covered pots smaller than the celery / pickle size one Christine, one with a spoon slot and one without,
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That's true. Cheryl only describes it as one of "these" I'm having a blonde week this week, ignore me.
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My lidded dish is 4 inches high (including knob on top) and 5 inches across. cheryl
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I have a Pickle jar with no lid but Hunting Scene on it.
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That will be the preserve/jam then Cheryl
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The pickle without a lid is a celery, Ming. :) David Encill might like to see that one though.
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I have a Pickle jar with no lid but Hunting Scene on it.
Thanks to all for answering these questions. I do have a celery jar having the hunting scene, with metal lid and base. The lid has a rather strange red Lucite, horseshoe-shaped knop. But Denis is the one with the greatest variations of pickle jars and lids with strange knops... These will hopefully appear in Chance Additions, along with many other finds, including photos of the Green Leaves dishes that Ming kindly sent through.
The hunting scene also appears on various other pressed-glass items, but is still quite scarce.
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I think David already has one . But here it is anyway.
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m313/courtoak/hunting.jpg
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Yup, that's the one. Here it is with the lid, showing the knop.
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That is a very unusal knop.