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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: dorian_graye on September 25, 2011, 06:04:14 PM
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Hello to all. I could use some help identifying this set of wine glasses or goblets. I believe these are mold blown, but not too sure. There is a seam that runs down the sides of the body. They have "bubbles" and a solid, thick stem. The most curious part about these is the sandblasted/etched boat or barge on the base of each. Is this a maker's mark or simply an import mark? The rims of the glasses are polished as well. I thought they were very unusual and modern. Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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Possibly commission for a shipping company.
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That's an interesting thought and thinking outside of the box. Thanks for your input.
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Might help if you could go a bit larger with the photos - can barely see what's going on there!
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I can't help but that looks like a specific type of boat. Is it a trawler or tug perhaps :-[ sorry, despite my family's naval background I'm pretty useless but just wondered if finding the type of boat might help.
m
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It is some type of barge. I thought for sure someone would have seen this mark before. I'm surprised.
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Perhaps not a barge, more of a coaster or freighter, it could represent a dredger too.
Doesn't help much with who made the glasses though.
John
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darn it I didn't mean tug, I meant dredger ;D
m
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Google image search for "ocean barge":
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oh reckons that's an oil tanker. He says your etching is a coaster :huh:
m
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Is the inside smooth or flowing with protrusions?
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Barges are usually flat bottomed and are designed for inland waterways - canals, rivers, etc. They might be used at sea, inshore and in calm conditions only but barges are not ocean going vessels.
John
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The inside of the glass is not smooth. The liquid would fill the bubbles in the glass.
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I guess they are machine made so fair chance labelled examples will show up somewhere. Probably 80s/90s or later to present day. I would expect that they were decorated with the boat by a company selling corporate giftware. As many of these companies will have on-line catalogues of their blanks it is worth searching using corporate giftware glassware and variations on the theme. High likelihood of finding same in more than one catalogue and more than one country but if you can find them they might tell you where they were made. A lot of these also show some of the logos that have been etched/blasted/printed onto glass and you may even find the boat... There will be a lot of hits but many can be ignored as you get a feel for how the present themselves.
Replacements com or similar services might be another route to finding the maker.
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That is some good advice. Thank you very much!
Michael