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Title: Pressed glass pedestal stand - Victoria 60 years
Post by: Anne E.B. on September 16, 2011, 08:47:02 PM

Any ideas who made this please?  As far as I can tell, its not Davidson and its nothing like a Molineaux Webb commemorative plate in an earlier posting.
TIA :)

Title: Re: Pressed glass pedestal stand - Victoria 60 years
Post by: antiquerose123 on September 16, 2011, 09:08:19 PM

Hi Anne EB

Might this be the same --- except no image there.....Rats!!  :grrr:                So hard to know IF it is.... ??

http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/queen-victoria-pressed-glass-plate (http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/queen-victoria-pressed-glass-plate)

I am not finding too much either.  My guess would be EAPG....IF I were to guess  :-[ 

Maybe it is Rare ?  :thup:

Title: Re: Pressed glass pedestal stand - Victoria 60 years
Post by: Anne on September 17, 2011, 02:09:27 PM

Not one I've ever seen before either Anne...  I collect commemorative plates but this is a new to me.

What size is it?

Title: Re: Pressed glass pedestal stand - Victoria 60 years
Post by: Anne E.B. on September 17, 2011, 03:24:59 PM

I spotted that one too Rose.  I'm sure its more home-grown though, or at least mainland Europe, but you never know...  I guess it could have been made anywhere within the British Empire too :help:

Its 8" diam. and stands 3¼" at its highest.  No markings that I can see.  Made in a four part mould.  Pict. of side view showing its wavy upturned rim...
I've not found anything like it either. 

Title: Re: Pressed glass pedestal stand - Victoria 60 years
Post by: Sid on September 17, 2011, 03:55:03 PM

Hello

This cake stand, a cream and a sugar are shown on page 45 of "Pressed Glass Commemoratives" by Vivien Walker and Susan Biss where they noted that these pieces were unmarked.  Then they go on to say that these pieces "in probability were made by Davidson in the Hobnail pattern".  It doesn't look like Davidson's Hobnail, at least as far as I am concerned, thus throwing a little doubt on that speculation. 

Sid

Title: Re: Pressed glass pedestal stand - Victoria 60 years
Post by: Anne E.B. on September 17, 2011, 05:26:54 PM

Thank you Sid for the info.  :thup:
I did think it might be Davidson at first as it came with one of their King George VI commemorative 'baskets'.  However, I checked in my 'Davidson Glass - a history' by Stewart & Stewart (p.101 'Commemorative Glass') who say that an identifying feature of Davidson's commemorative ware is the shape of the number 8, which is flattened at the top.  The number 8, which appears twice on my stand, is rounded and not flattened. 
'Tis a mystery  :cry: