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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: wolkenreb on November 12, 2011, 09:59:03 AM

Title: Pretty sure this is Sowerby but can anyone confirm?
Post by: wolkenreb on November 12, 2011, 09:59:03 AM

Hi.  I getting some stuff ready for listing on Ebay and I just wanted to check this one.  I'm pretty sure it's Sowerby but can't find a reference (although I thought I had seen one before).  Can anyone confirm?  Thanks.

It's about 3 inches high and 5.5 inches wide.  Ta.

Title: Re: Pretty sure this is Sowerby but can anyone confirm?
Post by: Glen on November 12, 2011, 10:38:46 AM

I believe this is a Davidson item, known as M.T.1 posy set (the mould for which probably came from Matthew Turnbull). This info comes from Chris & Val Stewart and you can see the item on their Davidson website (Identifying Davidson Glass Post WW2).

The item interests me as it is known in Carnival Glass. I believe it was almost certainly made in Carnival by Turnbull. In Carnival it is known as the 'Towers' vase, and is widely (and incorrectly) (mis)identified as Sowerby.

Title: Re: Pretty sure this is Sowerby but can anyone confirm?
Post by: wolkenreb on November 12, 2011, 10:44:21 AM

Thanks for your quick reply Glen.  I was actually just looking at an earlier post you responded to regarding this same vase here http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php?topic=20438.0

So I guess it's safe to list it as Davidson (unless it was made by Turnbull earlier, but I guess there's no way of knowing).