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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => British & Irish Glass => Topic started by: keith on April 13, 2010, 05:52:47 PM
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With the rd number 130643(1889) I was surprised to find this was Geo' Davidsons,is this a common colour for them or haven't I seen enough of their glass?
Keith.
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Peach is a Davidson colour, although I suspect the colour is younger than the design. Can't look in my book; it's under dust sheets.
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Keith — Peach was only used for a short time pre-war and only for a few patterns, see http://www.cloudglass.com/Davidsonbetweenwars.htm — scroll down to about the middle of this web page.
Your vase is much more likely to date from Davidson's reintroduction of a number of Victorian styles in the 1960s.
Bernard C. 8)
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Hello
Davidson introduced their Patent Rose in 1896 (Slack, English Pressed Glass, p 79). Slack quoted the following from the Pottery Gazette "Their latest novelty is what they call their Patent Rose Glass. This is a very delicate colour - something of a pale ruby." I have several pieces of it and in reality it is a slightly orangey pink. I suspect your piece is from this time period and not later.
Sid
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Thanks for the replies,Christine,Bernard,Sid,so it's somewhere between Queen Vic' and Cliff Richard,no matter,it wasn't until it had a wash that I realised the 'ribs' were 'pink' and the panels clear,ta ,
Keith.
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Keith — No, it's late Victorian, as Sid says. Sorry about that error. Slack is an obvious and important omission from my little library, which I hope to rectify some time.
Bernard C. 8)
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Thanks Bernard,then I can rule out Cliff Richard then?
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I saw Raymond Slack again at a boot sale last Sunday - am sure he will feel proud that his book is still held in very high esteem.
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Your panels can't be clear, they must be pink/peach, just not as thick as the ribs. (On my Pearline sugar bowl in this pattern, they're about half as thick.)
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Looks clear to me....?
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You couldn't make it like that, not without a great deal of difficulty. In fact I think striped would be impossible. Pressed glass is almost always mono-colour unless part of it's been reheated. There are exceptions but they're rare.
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Looks clear to me....?
Keith
Not to me. The colour is the same in the thin parts as it is in the ribs but looks slightly lighter due to different glass thickness.
Sid
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Christine;thinking about it it would be difficult,very awkward and for Sid...in different light it does have a very,very pale pink tinge,thanks again to you all.
Keith.