Glass Message Board
Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: gold cutter on February 08, 2012, 09:08:17 PM
-
can anyone help ....i've been a glass cutter for 28 years ( on and off ) but a customer has asked for antique remy ??? too embarrassed to ask my boss
does anyone know what it looks like .... maybe got a pic.... ?or am i barking up the wrong tree ?
-
mm no luck looking it up - or at least, no leads as to what it might be -
how did they pronounce it? Remmy? or Reemy?
I'm just wondering on the spelling....however no doubt someone will be along shortly who will know exactly what it is without having to ask questions :)
m
-
Hi :hi: and welcome to the board. I have no idea what it means either... Remy Martin is a kind of brandy, and some folks refer to a brandy balloon as a remy, or I wonder if it could be a mispronunciation of rummer? Some of the older ones have cut designs -I'm going to move this topic into Glass as more people will see it there than here in the Cafe - and we may be able to solve your puzzle for you. :thup:
-
just as a vey long shot - is there by any chance a recognized style or whatever, that might be associated with the city of Reims?
-
Does your customer know, or have an example?
I don't think it sounds like it's something you should be embarrassed about not knowing - besides there's nothing wrong with not knowing - particularly if you are making the effort to find out. That's how folk learn.
-
thanks to those who replied.... i'm looking for a restoration 'flat glass'
apparently polish drawn doesn't cut the mustard...
-
It might just be me, but I haven't a clue what you just said!
what's a "restoration 'flat glass'"?
Polish or "polish drawn"..... what doesn't cut the mustard?
I do know what "cut the mustard" means! :smg:
-
Probably a reference to sheet glass Sue, drawn glass refers to the manufacturing process (ie drawn out of the molten vat) as opposed to float glass which used to be floated on a bed of mercury but these days is more likely to be a bed of molten tin. Float glass is superior to drawn glass in terms of flexibility (less brittle) and has better optical qualities but it of course costs more. Use it in your picture frames!
As for restoration flat glass - an antique window pane perhaps? :usd:
John
-
thanks again for replies....
i've got polish drawn... expensive stuff ( don't like it too much either )
and doesn't like being cut too much, tends to run a bit if you don't use a striaght edge under it.it's got a slight ripple effect in it but doesnt really notice unless you look at it side on.
-
I do know what "cut the mustard" means! :smg:
It means it is not good enough...... At least that is what it means in the states....
Craig
-
Yes, Craig, I got that bit! :kissy:
Yes John, I know about the difference between float and drawn - it was just having them suddenly appear, kind of out of context, in part sentences that confused me.
And I'm still confused - is the drawn glass from Poland or is it polished?
So what is being sought is a design used on flat sheet glass, rather than a cut used on drinkinng glasses?
-
Could they have said 'Reamy' instead..?
Reamy
''Descriptive of Full-Antique glass with a wavy irregular surface.''
http://www.spectrumglass.com/stained-glass/dictionary.asp#
-
:X: :clap: :clap: :clap:
Sounds good to me, Greg!
Image here.
http://www.lamberts.de/en/products/mouth-blown-sheet-glasses/reamy-glasses.html
-
:thup: excellent
-
You Guys.. (n girls )I think we might have cracked it .Reamy not remmy
very similar to Pilks Warwick patterned glass. BIG thanks to Chopin-liszt
for the link.. and big thanks to all those who posted...THANKS.
any more problems , i know where to come to for answers...
( doesn't mean the customers still gonna get any tho ).
much appreciated and thanks again .
-
that is very beautiful glass. Thanks for the link Sue and I'm glad we discovered what a Reamy is at last.
-
Yes, well done guys. Great detective work. :thup:
-
:o
Credit must go to :smg: Greg :smg: who cracked the proper name - I only did a wee google on Greg's correct identification!
-
Yes, well done guys. Great detective work. :thup:
I would have had no idea -- the *only* thing I could think of was since they said for an "Antique Remy..." I was thinking that they might have meant *Antique Reamer* like THIS (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Green-Vaseline-Depression-Glass-Large-Reamer-Juicer-great-condition-/220951364778?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3371ba44aa) but had called it by the wrong name, or just a different name. That would have been the only thing to cross my mind.
So Great Detective work to all :thup: