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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: Lustrousstone on March 31, 2011, 02:12:41 PM

Title: Pressed uranium glass fruit set with apple and leaves design id = Hortensja
Post by: Lustrousstone on March 31, 2011, 02:12:41 PM

Has anyone seen this one before? Do anyone know who made it please? The shallow bowls all have little feet made from three of the apples. The glass is uranium (of course!) and slightly thicker than I would expect.

Title: Re: Pressed uranium glass fruit set with apple and leaves design
Post by: Glen on March 31, 2011, 05:35:31 PM

My Hortensja (Poland) catalogue (c. early 1930s) has a bonboniere that appears to be in this same pattern. See what you think.

Glen

Title: Re: Pressed uranium glass fruit set with apple and leaves design
Post by: Lustrousstone on March 31, 2011, 06:34:10 PM

10 out of 10. Thank you   :kissy:

Title: Re: Pressed uranium glass fruit set with apple and leaves design
Post by: Mosquito on March 31, 2011, 06:55:25 PM

A very similar bowl and bonbonniere are also shown in Inwald's 1934 catalogue, nos. 11104 & 11123, Tafel 156 (shown in PK-2006-1-01).

Title: Re: Pressed uranium glass fruit set with apple and leaves design
Post by: Lustrousstone on March 31, 2011, 07:30:11 PM

Can you give me the link please Stephen because I have never been able to find my way round pressglas-korrespondenz. Anything I find is purely accidental.

Title: Re: Pressed uranium glass fruit set with apple and leaves design
Post by: Glen on March 31, 2011, 09:50:49 PM

Ah, yes, I can see that too. The edge of the bowl seems to be a little different - stepped I would say. Here's the image (courtesy Siegmar Geiselberger).

Title: Re: Pressed uranium glass fruit set with apple and leaves design
Post by: Lustrousstone on April 01, 2011, 06:37:28 AM

Hmm, no steps in mine. I think Hortensja on balance: no steps; polished but not shiny feet; slightly thick glass; outer apples pointing to the centre and an unusual shade of green (in my experience).

Thank you Glen and Stephen  ;D