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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: markhams on December 14, 2011, 07:52:40 AM
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Hi I purchased this water pitcher form an estate I was wandering if anyone could identify this piece of glass. Thank you very much, Stacey
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:hi:
Welcome to the gmb. What a strange thing!
Often, your location on the planet can be a good starting point for tracking down an id.
Given you mention "estate" (and it's such a strange thing - to me in the uk) would it be safe to assume you're from Australia or the US?
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I am from the united States I hope this helps. I have looked everywhere trying to find the name of this or who made it. Thank you, Stacey
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I've never seen anything like it. However, there are plenty of great folk here who know lots of stuff.
Sometimes an id can be almost immediate - sometimes it can take years. We're all just enthusiasts, so bear with us, I'm sure somebody will be able to help you. :thup:
My "tuppence worth" is that I think it's not too old.
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It is very old it from the victorian era. I bought this from an old collector I think it is an American Victorian Glass piece but then again I don't know that is why I am here but I am sure it is old. THanks, Stacey
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It could well be!
I just thought the blue looked a sort of modern colour. "Old" colours were produced using metals which react with the glass to give colour. I don't know what all the modern colours are made from, they tend to be "bought in" by whoever is using it. They're not the same as the old colours - kind of like the difference between oils and acrylics in paint.
I know very little about old, old glass - my interest is Studio Glass - mid-'60s onwards, and I don't know much about American glass either - there's just so much of it....... :ooh: