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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: bat20 on October 31, 2013, 01:53:32 PM

Title: carnival glass - ID = Brockwitz curved star
Post by: bat20 on October 31, 2013, 01:53:32 PM

Hi all,does anyone recognise the design on this piece and know if it's old or new.many thanks..it's14wd 12.5 ht.

Title: Re: carnival glass id
Post by: Lustrousstone on October 31, 2013, 02:24:40 PM

Old and Brockwitz curved star

Title: Re: carnival glass id
Post by: bat20 on October 31, 2013, 02:56:14 PM

Great,thanks christine.

Title: Re: carnival glass id
Post by: Paul S. on October 31, 2013, 03:09:40 PM

appreciate it might seem pedantic, but think we ought to say whether we're speaking imperial or metric - although I guess these numbers were cms.  :)

Title: Re: carnival glass id
Post by: bat20 on October 31, 2013, 03:31:27 PM

For the pedants amongst us cm's ;)

Title: Re: carnival glass id
Post by: Lustrousstone on October 31, 2013, 03:40:41 PM

14 inches would hold a lot of sugar!!!!

Title: Re: carnival glass id
Post by: Glen on October 31, 2013, 04:05:42 PM

If you're interested, some further reading ...

www.thistlewoods.net/Brockwitz-revelation.html

www.thistlewoods.net/Brilliant-Brockwitz.html

www.thistlewoods.net/Curved-Star.html

Glen

Title: Re: carnival glass id
Post by: bat20 on October 31, 2013, 04:47:28 PM

Thanks Glen,had a look on the intoe and have seen some without decoration on the inside where as mine has,i think called a head dress?, has that got something to do with lidded and unlidded

Title: Re: carnival glass - ID = Brockwitz curved star
Post by: Glen on October 31, 2013, 06:02:21 PM

The interior design is indeed known as Headdress. It can be found on some bowls and some stemmed sugars. Nothing to do with the lids :-)

Title: Re: carnival glass - ID = Brockwitz curved star
Post by: Paul S. on October 31, 2013, 07:22:40 PM

quote.................."14 inches would hold a lot of sugar!!!!"............          It's easy for you to mock.......I'm just a simple country lad trying to ubhold the principle of providing adequate and reliable information ;D ;D
Next thing you'll have people posting without providing a proper subject heading and sending in pix with fussy backgrounds.  ;) ;)