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Title: Dartington I assume..?
Post by: david31162 on August 09, 2013, 02:40:26 PM

This must be a Dartington mark ...but I havent seen any other mentions of an impressed mark or bowls of this style.
Can anyone help to identify it? It is about 38cm in diameter.
http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/2026153806

Thanks,
 David

Title: Re: Dartington I assume..?
Post by: Lustrousstone on August 09, 2013, 02:47:24 PM

Please upload your pictures to the board  ;D
It's a Dartington Studio mark; a search on here will reveal examples

Title: Re: Dartington I assume..?
Post by: david31162 on August 09, 2013, 02:54:54 PM

Thank you Christine,
I had looked up dartington studio but only found etched marks with the stencil gaps. Perhaps this is a more recent mark..
Do you mean for me to upload pictiures as attachments?
David

Title: Re: Dartington I assume..?
Post by: rocco on August 09, 2013, 03:10:47 PM

Quote from: david31162 on August 09, 2013, 02:54:54 PM

Do you mean for me to upload pictiures as attachments?

It would be great if you could upload your pics to the board -- externally hosted pics tend to get lost over time, and render the valuable information in your threads useless...

Thanks!
Michael

Title: Re: Dartington I assume..?
Post by: glassobsessed on August 09, 2013, 04:23:52 PM

Those etched marks will be either Dartington Glass or Dartington Crystal.

I had a Dartington Studio charger like yours, this one was about 46cm in diameter.

John

Title: Re: Dartington I assume..?
Post by: david31162 on August 09, 2013, 04:35:51 PM

Thanks John, Michael Christine,
 Yes I found loads of examples on this site. Thank you!
 Looked for ages on Google images with no luck!
Thanks David

Title: Re: Dartington I assume..?
Post by: chopin-liszt on August 10, 2013, 12:27:14 PM

From the short-lived Studio Range, this charger recalls a typical Muranese style. It came out very shortly after the Alchemy range, and just before the swirled stuff which was the last thing Dartington Studio did.
It went out of business because they were using old-fashioned, time-consuming methods and expensive colours - ie, using real gold to obtain ruby coloured glass.
I had one of these red-with-gold-foil inclusions chargers made for me, ordered via the Stuart Crystal Factory shop in Crieff circa '02. It cost £42.