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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: highlumen on August 31, 2013, 08:14:53 PM
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Found this strange piece of glass today in a small junk shop, thought it was interesting enough to buy even though I couldn't read the signature on the base ****** ,98
When I asked about the glass the assistant said "Ah, we have a box for that" and came back with a tubular cardboard carton with a tin bottom and a tin top bearing the name 'Nestle' and the companies logo. The box has foam inserts in the base and attached to the lid which perfectly fit the top and bottom shape of the piece
I've searched Google using every term I can think of without success and so I hope all you glass fanatics out there will be able to help. The piece is about 300mm/just under 12 inches tall.
I'm not convinced the way I have displayed it is correct, it could well work as well the other way up, although it does store in the box the way I have shown so hopefully I've got it right.
I'm sorry if the quality of the images is not brilliant, I'm on holiday and have taken, edited and resized the pics using my iPad, if you would like to see some full size images (which I'm unable to display here) please email me.
Thanks for your help with this,
Mike
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Thought I would add a point regarding the printing on the packaging for this piece, it has a Tulip decoration printed in gold on a black background.... Anybody any ideas on a manufacturer or studio that uses this as a logo or motif?
Thanks again,
Mike
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Also managed to take a better photograph of the signature, hope this will help.
Fingers crossed!!
Mike
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Hello Mike,welcome,can't help with an id I'm afraid,you could try emailing Nestle they might be able to help ? ;D
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Hi Keith,
I had considered that, but after Googling Nestlé found that like most well known brands these days they are multi-national with offices just about everywhere. I bought this in the UK, but I guess it could have been manufactured anywhere as part of a UK, European or worldwide promotion. I'll shoot off a few exploratory emails tomorrow and see what replies I get.
Couldn't make up my mind if this was a promotional piece or possibly a display item for a specific product. Any ideas?
Taken the opportunity to load an further image of the packaging and the central bubble section.
Thanks for posting :)
Mike
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Hi there...
I have NO idea at all................but I did find this and NOT sure if it could be related ..... or not. So take this with a grain of salt.
?? ?? See here ??
http://baldwinguggisberg.com/creations/Nestle#creation-98
But this is a Big ?
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I think Nestle is a complete red herring here, just coincidence that the item fits in one of their old boxes.
John
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Hi there...
I have NO idea at all................but I did find this and NOT sure if it could be related ..... or not. So take this with a grain of salt.
?? ?? See here ??
http://baldwinguggisberg.com/creations/Nestle#creation-98
But this is a Big ?
Hi Rose, thanks for your input.
Yes, that link came up in my Google search and it seems they produced some giant glass panels for the new Nestlé headquarters building. The site also had details of some nice looking glass plates they made for the company around the same time, but nothing else.
Obviously commissions from a giant multinational are going to give any company a boost and you would think that they would perhaps portfolio any other work they had done. It's this that bugs me, if you had made something for Nestlé wouldn't you want to shout about it? But nothing at all comes up in searches for this piece. I was hoping that somebody would one up with a name after I posted a much better image of the signature.
Thanks again,
Mike
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I think Nestle is a complete red herring here, just coincidence that the item fits in one of their old boxes.
John
Hello John, thanks for your comment.
I don't think so, I think the container has been made specifically for the piece. The foam insert in the bottom of the box is 'welded' to the tin bottom as is the foam insert 'welded' to the tin lid (with the Nestlé name and logo. These aren't just plain foam pads, but have each been moulded to fit the exact contours of the top and bottom of the piece (both of which are entirely different in shape and size). The box itself has not been remodelled, cut-down or altered in anyway and is absolutely the right size to hold the item to the millimetre.
So no Red Herring here me thinks.....
Thanks for contributing,
Mike
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Success, or at least partial success.
The piece turns out to be a Christmas Gift commissioned by Imag[in]e Nestlé who are Nestlé's Corporate Identity & Design team in Vevey, Switzerland. This glass piece was made in Amber (as the one I have) and Cranberry (see pic below) as the gift for 1998.
http://www.imaginenestle.com/index.php?/brochures-books/christmas-gifts-overview-since-1990/
Rose was on the right lines with her link to the Red Glass Plate produced by Baldwin Guggisberg which was actually the Christmas Gift for 1996.
Imag[in]e quote "Human Resources" as their client for this piece, but no other information is given as to who it was given to or what purpose it served, although several other pieces were used as very fancy chocolate holders. It doesn't say how many of these were produced, but the Baldwin Guggisberg website said they made 18,000 of the red plates - this was however a more industrially produced piece and not hand blown / signed as with this item.
I was confused as to which was the top and bottom of this piece, but the Nestlé images shows it both ways so it was obviously designed to have a dual use.
There is no information regarding the studio that produced this piece of glass and so I will email Imag[in]e Nestlé to see if I can find out more (quantities / designer - maker) - if successful I will update this post with the details. Until then, if anyone recognises the signature from the piece then I would love to have that information.
I'm happy to have found this, but sad as I think I prefer the cranberry version.... always greener........
Thanks again for the input I received,
Mike
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Well sleuthed Mike, persistence paid off. So the box was the key in the end!
John
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Well sleuthed Mike, persistence paid off. So the box was the key in the end!
John
Hello again John,
I was sure there was nothing 'fishy' about the box :)
The box was actually buried at the back of a store room and the guy selling could easily have just not told me or had a quick look and not bothered to find it. I think without the box the chances of finding anything about this piece would have been zero.
Mike
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Hi there Mike
I think this is a piece of Czecholslovakian glass......something with an Aj...... i have a pice in my storeroom and will photograph it for you.
The signature if i remember is that of the factory....mine also has an original label attached.
Will post the pic later today.
regards
norman
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Hello Mike
So here is the cranberry issue with the same markings and a link to the factory. AJETO...http://www.ajetoglass.com/en/..................if memory serves me correct it has a designer attached...and a very good one at that.....just send pic to them and they will help.
I know here in Switzerland these sell in the region 300-400Sfr.
enjoy
regards
norman
ahha...just found the designer.....Borek Sipek...and his own website....http://www.sipekglass.com/....so contact him directly.
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Hi there Mike
I think this is a piece of Czecholslovakian glass......something with an Aj...... i have a pice in my storeroom and will photograph it for you.
The signature if i remember is that of the factory....mine also has an original label attached.
Will post the pic later today.
regards
norman
That's amazing Norman, thank you.
I've just got back from my travels and have been "disconnected" for the last day or so and have only just seen your posts.
I have been checking my emails and was beginning to despair as my message directly to Nestlé has gone unanswered.
The information you posted was spot on and answers all my questions. I've even found the piece has a name 'Gemelli' which in Italian means Twins and it's illustrated being used both ways.
I have the Amber, you have the Cranberry, but I see they made it in Blue also.
No information on Borek Sipek's web site regarding the quantities made or their intended recipients, but I'm still hopeful my email is trickling through Nestlé's system and I might yet get some more details.
His C.V. and Life Story are amazing and it's unfortunate that's there's not more details of his previous work.
Thanks again for remembering the contents of your storeroom :)
Best regards,
Mike
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Hi Mike
Its a pleasure to finally help someone.
I would suggest you get off an email to Mr.Sipek and ask the questions direct. Forget about Nestle they are just so big and money fixated that they would not have the time ...at least in the near future...to answer a puny question like...who what and how many as it would cost them Sfr250.00 per hour just to look and then here in the Schweiz they charge Sfr150.00 for a short letter confirmation.
its all money money money !!!!!!!!!
perhaps i am totally wrong but then i can place a Sfr10.00 bet on it!..:-))))
Have a great weekend.
norman
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hello i to have discovered this strange signed studio glass. thank you so much for the information on it. my question is the gentleman that has the yellow or amber vase. did you sell it?
i'm here in the states and i can't find any value priceing for it. any info would be great. :)
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Mike, well found, and a big well done to Rose for her clue! 8)
What an interesting collection, I wonder who were the recipients... suppliers, big clients, shareholders, directors...????
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Here is another one.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Borek-Sipek-Glass-Vase-Signed-Dated-Original-Label-Boxed-With-Paperwork-/181699304886?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2a4e1f5db6