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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => British & Irish Glass => Topic started by: peejyweejy on February 17, 2010, 12:41:55 PM
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Hi...I have looked on all the usual sites and can't really find this. I saw one with the same design on Glamorgan Antiques' website which was made from slag glass...it sold for £69.00, I think.
Any ideas please?
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Here is the link for Glamorgan Antiques - please scroll down!
http://www.glamorganantiques.co.uk/glassware.htm
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See here. http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,21532.msg121596.html#msg121596 I suspect that the original mould may not have been Davidson, as there was a period when they bought moulds from every man and his dog that was going out of business. The blue also doesn't seem very Davidson either, so perhaps the previous mould owner
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Nice Chinese Art Deco vase there :sick: and a pink painted vase exiled to France from Bohemia
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Hi Christine.... I have looked at the link you suppllied, thank you. Do you have to be a member of the Pressed Glass Collectors Club to view their website, I just get a front page and no more?
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Seems like the website has gone. People were having trouble getting hold the the person who ran it a while ago.
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That's a shame! Any idea on the age of this basket? I'm sure it depends on who had the mould before Davidson and for how long - do you happen to know when Davidson acquired the mould? ::)
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Here is the link for Glamorgan Antiques - please scroll down!
http://www.glamorganantiques.co.uk/glassware.htm
Yup, same basket but no attribution there either. :(
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If I remember rightly the catalogues were late 1800s. Sid will know. My speculation about that particular mould is just speculation. I do know Davidson bought in moulds but that flowery design seems uncharacteristic of the company. That pale cobalt blue is not typical but I've just looked at the cloud glass site and there is a cobalt blue Victorian goblet, so I would it was OK to say Davidson.
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That's great Christine - I will have a look at the Victorian goblet! - Thanks again!
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http://www.cloudglass.com/r18671890.htm
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I have a copy of the Pressed Glass Club repro catalogue mentioned above if you want anything checking. Dates are 1880-1890 with some additional pages from 1903 and 1910.
The introduction to the reprints says that "the entire stock of moulds and patterns belonging to the Neville Glassworks" were purchased by Davidson's in 1881 after Neville's closed in 1880. In 1885 Davidson bought "all of the moulds belonging to WH Heppell" and "those of Thomas Gray & Co of Gateshead around the same time." So it is known that Davidson had a huge range of patterns and moulds at this time, few of which show up as designed registered to them!
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Thanks for the info Anne - that could come in handy. I am beginning to develop quite an interest in pressed glass. I recently bought a copy of a Sowerby Catalogue, Vases, Spills and Baskets from around the same time. And will try and purchase more as I go along. ;)