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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: keith on August 25, 2012, 04:57:53 PM
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Just over 4 inches high,the 'eyes' can be felt on the inside of the bowl,loads of wear,maybe excessive,but unusual and from a charity shop so not expensive,any ideas please ;D ;D
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sorry to seem thick Keith, but what part of this is 'etched' - is this optic moulding? I'm using the laptop, and away from my normal abode, so maybe not seeing properly
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There is a little flowery thing on each "eye". Victorian I would guess
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thanks Christine - seems I forgot to blow up the pic. :-[ However, are you sure this is etched i.e. acid,.........looks quite possible this is copper wheel engraved - although I'm sure you're right with Victorian. Keith, if you look at those tiny circles, do you see scratches on them, or am I bonkers again. Has anyone ever seen machine acid etching on anything other than a flat surface?
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Sorry,lots of little scratches I get my terms mixed up ::),wheel engraved it is, so not bonkers,as for optic moulding I'm not sure ??? ;D ;D
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oh I think better to be hand decorated than machine etched. However, I'd disagree about the sugar bowl assumption Keith, and might suggest it's a dessert bowl of some kind. The stem decoration is an inverted baluster shape, and the collar immediately under the bowl may well give a date of somewhere between 1860 and the end of the century. Does it ring? and I can't see from your pic. if there is a ground/polished pontil depression, or simply a flat bottom. I think it unlikely you'd find a maker, these things were made in hordes - and can in fact form a collecting theme in their own right, as many have attractive cut decoration. Something that is practicable and useful :)
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Has a a nice ring,not quite what you get from a heavy crystal piece,the base is flat with a dome inside the base of the bowl,like you say probably impossible to put a maker to it but after a tiring day a reasonable find for little money ;D ;D