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Title: Help ID Green glass mug with bear?
Post by: bluefairy68 on March 06, 2011, 01:14:11 PM

Hi can any one help ID this glass mug, appears to have a tiger or bear with ring in it's mouth.
also can the moderator please help me again with how to post pictures....it keeps saying file is too large

Title: Re: Help ID Green glass mug with bear?
Post by: Lustrousstone on March 06, 2011, 01:41:04 PM

You need to resize a high-res picture so that the maximum dimension is about 700 pixels
See here for picture help http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,6522.0.html
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Title: Re: Help ID Green glass mug with bear?
Post by: bluefairy68 on March 08, 2011, 11:36:29 PM

Does anyone even know what country it might be from?  any direction would help...Thanks everyone!

Title: Re: Help ID Green glass mug with bear?
Post by: Lustrousstone on March 09, 2011, 07:33:31 AM

Can we have a base picture please. What's the inside like?

Title: Re: Help ID Green glass mug with bear?
Post by: bluefairy68 on March 09, 2011, 02:00:16 PM

It's smooth on the bottom no marks, I can tell the mug part is pressed glass because it has a seem going up each side, but the handle was hand blown and added.  The inside is also smooth and no marks.  But I will try and add more pictures later.  I think its a tiger? with a ring in its mouth.  Thanks for any help!

Title: Re: Help ID Green glass mug with bear?
Post by: Leni on March 09, 2011, 02:10:08 PM

It's got a mane!  I think it's a lion!  ;)

Title: Re: Help ID Green glass mug with bear?
Post by: bluefairy68 on March 09, 2011, 02:40:26 PM

Lions Tiger and Bears, Oh My!  LOL

Title: Re: Help ID Green glass mug with bear?
Post by: Lustrousstone on March 09, 2011, 03:55:26 PM

A pressed mug like this with its plain shape would be unusual. Mould blown would seem more likely. What I'm more interested in is the white interior.

PS the handle wasn't blown. You can't blow a solid lump of glass.

Title: Re: Help ID Green glass mug with bear?
Post by: bluefairy68 on March 09, 2011, 05:46:55 PM

Sorry I failed to mention that I put a white piece of paper in the glass so you could see the image.  But it does have seems up both sides.

Title: Re: Help ID Green glass mug with bear?
Post by: bluefairy68 on March 09, 2011, 05:55:59 PM

here's the glass whit no paper.

Title: Re: Help ID Green glass mug with bear?
Post by: bluefairy68 on March 09, 2011, 05:57:39 PM

Sorry I'm not sure what you call it when they add the handle...I don't know all the proper terms sorry.

Title: Re: Help ID Green glass mug with bear?
Post by: chopin-liszt on March 10, 2011, 04:17:11 PM

The body would have been made in a mould - then the handle is applied seperately, using molten glass.

The image on it is a door knocker - a lion's head holding the knocky bit.

Perhaps it might be a souvenir of an important building featuring such a door knocker??

Title: Re: Help ID Green glass mug with bear?
Post by: Lustrousstone on March 10, 2011, 04:20:51 PM

It looks quite crude with an uneven rim and large bubbles. What country are you in? Can you feel the lion's head on the inside?

Title: Re: Help ID Green glass mug with bear?
Post by: bluefairy68 on March 10, 2011, 04:52:49 PM

yeah you can feel the head inside, I'm in the USA...thanks for any help.

Title: Re: Help ID Green glass mug with bear?
Post by: Lustrousstone on March 10, 2011, 07:10:22 PM

In that case it's mould blown. I would consider looking for a US maker because of where you are. Someone on here might be able to help http://www.chataboutdg.com/

Title: Re: Help ID Green glass mug with bear?
Post by: bluefairy68 on March 10, 2011, 07:47:14 PM

Thanks for the help!