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Title: Easter who dunnit
Post by: Lustrousstone on April 24, 2011, 03:40:46 PM

7.5-in blown vase with satin finish and rough pontil mark. No other marking. Quite thick glass.

Who dunnit and when? I know the answers but I'd be interested to hear what anyone else thinks (but not Sue if she can remember the answer).

And you can't cheat by looking at my gallery...

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: Paul S. on April 24, 2011, 04:12:58 PM

I'll have a punt  -  the outline shape of the 'white' markings look almost Maltese? (Mtarfa'  ish) 

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: Lustrousstone on April 24, 2011, 04:19:47 PM

No  ;D
No clues yet

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: Trebor on April 24, 2011, 06:46:22 PM

Yes what Paul said :ooh:

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: Lustrousstone on April 24, 2011, 07:11:38 PM

Still no  :sun:

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: Glas Vasen on April 24, 2011, 07:28:43 PM

is it BW? :hi:

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: antiquerose123 on April 24, 2011, 07:38:42 PM

Who dunno it --

The Easter Bunny............lol....................or was in Made in the Easter Islands ??   :spls: :thud:

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: dirk. on April 24, 2011, 08:40:08 PM

Is Sue a clue?  :tof:

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: Lustrousstone on April 24, 2011, 10:04:50 PM

No, but she's seen it and might remember the answer.

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: chopin-liszt on April 25, 2011, 11:48:11 AM

I do.  :smg:
Same maker as my clock.   :sm:

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: Paul S. on April 25, 2011, 12:11:02 PM

I thought the shape of the piece looked a tad like R. Brierley.    I think Dartington flog clocks, but don't see this piece being from them somehow. :ooh:

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: flying free on April 25, 2011, 12:17:40 PM

alum bay?

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: chriscooper on April 25, 2011, 01:09:44 PM

Alum bay too from me ;D
The clocks are nice if it's these.....

http://cgi.ebay.ph/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330540649234

Chris

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: Lustrousstone on April 25, 2011, 03:22:10 PM

No  8)

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: flying free on April 28, 2011, 08:48:14 AM

clue please - is it British?

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: chopin-liszt on April 28, 2011, 11:21:27 AM

Yup.
 :sm:

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: bOBA on April 28, 2011, 12:59:14 PM

I don't know anything about this kind of thing, but I did see a Norman Stuart Clarke (?) small vase with similar decor for sale on ebay when this thread started, but I do not think he would design a clock, as I say, I do not know much about this kind of thing. But I may start a quiz thread myself, inspired by this one for a piece I have just managed to attribute...

Robert (bOBA)

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: flying free on April 28, 2011, 10:29:41 PM

Mike Hunter?
m

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: Lustrousstone on April 29, 2011, 01:21:12 PM

No, sorry. Perhaps not so much a who as where exactly

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: Trebor on April 29, 2011, 01:37:31 PM

Is it Stourbridge?

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: Lustrousstone on April 29, 2011, 02:07:57 PM

No. This comes from a particular place rather than an area where there was a lot of glassmaking companies.

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: rosieposie on April 29, 2011, 05:38:46 PM

Is the colour indicative of the maker, or does he/she use all colours?
Rosie.  :sun:

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: Paul S. on April 29, 2011, 06:52:55 PM

"there was a lot "............tut tut........standards slipping now I see.         How about Gateshead..........or Lynn.? 

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: rosieposie on April 29, 2011, 07:24:02 PM

Is it Guernsey Studio Art Glass????? Even without the frilly top?????
Rosie. :sun:

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: flying free on April 29, 2011, 08:31:48 PM

or Gibraltar glass?
m

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: Lustrousstone on April 30, 2011, 01:20:17 PM

Paul's closest with his first answer

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: Paul S. on April 30, 2011, 01:45:10 PM

............well, obviously it's not going to be Moore, Davidson or Soweby..........so I think the answer must be in Hajdamach's C20 British glass  -  one of the studio makers up the back of the book.

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: Lustrousstone on April 30, 2011, 02:07:35 PM

The answer isn't in Hajdamach. The place in question only gets two very brief mentions.

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: flying free on April 30, 2011, 02:58:57 PM

hartley wood?

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: chriscooper on April 30, 2011, 03:23:38 PM

Second that, more noted for the swirly stained glass pieces

https://picasaweb.google.com/107067405711297858658/2HartleyWoodVase#5581988070408513762

A couple of catalogues to download here.

http://www.e-bentglass.com/generations_of_glass2.html

Chris

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: chopin-liszt on April 30, 2011, 03:45:08 PM

Far more recent than Hartley Wood!
It is in the index of Hadjamach, but it's also hard to fathom.

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: chriscooper on April 30, 2011, 03:56:49 PM

Still going up to a few ago at the Millfield site under Sunderland glass not really sure what they were making then but were making this sort of stuff.

https://picasaweb.google.com/107067405711297858658/HARTLEYWOODSTAINEDGLASSVASE?authkey=Gv1sRgCNek7-nOhseRgAE#5507843631863125682
Chris

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: Lustrousstone on April 30, 2011, 06:05:32 PM

I think Hartley Wood finally closed in 1989. Chris is close. This came from the the National Glass Centre in 1998/9 and was made in the studio there.

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: chopin-liszt on May 01, 2011, 11:52:36 AM

 :pb: Ooops, I didn't know that about Hartley Wood - I thought they had closed much earlier.

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: Lustrousstone on May 01, 2011, 04:13:14 PM

I think they did and were resuscitated for a bit

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: flying free on May 02, 2011, 09:20:31 PM

ooh good quiz!! What size is the vase Christine and who made it?  is there a particular designer or blower?
I didn't  think Hartley Wood did close before shutting for good, but that they had a last attempt to try something new near the end before shutting for good.  I'm still convinced the two vases I have are both Hartley Wood 'gift ware'.  I've seen two more since on Ebay, both very similar to mine and purporting to be from Hartley Wood.  Chris as a matter of interest what is the size of that vase please?
m

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: chriscooper on May 02, 2011, 09:55:25 PM

The one in the second link with the 'stained glass' pattern  is a later Sunderland glass one 8" high some were stamped HW on the base.
The ones I like are the earlier swirly ones with the kicked out base, rough pontil marks uneven rims and bases and loads of stray bubbles.
Here are some below..........

https://picasaweb.google.com/107067405711297858658/114#5566144571553173426

https://picasaweb.google.com/107067405711297858658/2HartleyWoodVase#5581987819817123298

Some really early ones with one of the later style in the back ground

https://picasaweb.google.com/107067405711297858658/SECONDPAIROFEARLYHARTLEYWOODSWIRLYGLASSVASES?authkey=Gv1sRgCPrR_5zih6TNuQE#5507854790604831458

A brochure here.......

http://www.e-bentglass.com/images/english_brochure.pdf

Chris

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: flying free on May 02, 2011, 10:09:08 PM

thanks Chris :)  I love those squat ones with the uneven rims.  They're really beautiful pieces of glass.
m

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: chriscooper on May 02, 2011, 10:23:10 PM

Hi, sold them a while back for peanuts would have kept them if I had known :cry:
Chris

Title: Re: Easter who dunnit
Post by: flying free on May 02, 2011, 10:30:34 PM

I wish I'd been the one who bought them! :cry:
m