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Title: Wondering if this is authentic Hoffman
Post by: deco.queen on December 10, 2010, 08:07:05 PM

It has the butterfly mark, it's 2 3/4" X 2".  :bf: I've seen this girl puffing a cig in the catalog on pressglas.
Thanks!  Janice   :sn:

Title: Re: Wondering if this is authentic Hoffman
Post by: Anne E.B. on December 12, 2010, 03:59:32 PM

Same one I think seen here - No.202 (1927).
http://www.glas-musterbuch.de/Hoffmann-1927.25+B6YmFja1BJRD0yNSZwcm9kdWN0SUQ9NTIxJnBpZF9wcm9kdWN0PTI1JmRldGFpbD0_.0.html

Title: Re: Wondering if this is authentic Hoffman
Post by: Lustrousstone on December 12, 2010, 07:35:22 PM

The ribbing is somewhat unusual though  :huh:

Title: Re: Wondering if this is authentic Hoffman
Post by: deco.queen on December 12, 2010, 07:45:39 PM

Quote from: Lustrousstone on December 12, 2010, 07:35:22 PM

The ribbing is somewhat unusual though  :huh:

And I thought the bottom would be ground and polished and it isn't, it's pressed.  :huh:

Title: Re: Wondering if this is authentic Hoffman
Post by: Mosquito on December 12, 2010, 08:36:06 PM

Quote from: deco.queen on December 12, 2010, 07:45:39 PM

And I thought the bottom would be ground and polished and it isn't, it's pressed.  :huh:

It's definitely a strange one... Pressed is right - these Hoffmann Intaglio wares were pressed, then ground and polished after the details were acid matted. The shape, the smoking girl and the butterfly mark are all correct. I suspect it may be an unfinished piece, though it's odd in that it's been acid finished then left uncut - maybe it's one that left the factory in a worker's pocket so didn't get the full treatment?