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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: bobsaunders on January 13, 2014, 01:42:55 AM

Title: Epergne ID
Post by: bobsaunders on January 13, 2014, 01:42:55 AM

Hi, this epergne stands 10 inches hi. I would like any info such as country of origin, or maker etc.
Thanks Bob

Title: Re: Epergne ID
Post by: Lustrousstone on January 13, 2014, 07:36:04 AM

I'm afraid it's a marriage and not a very good one.  :'(  The base is pressed and part of a cake stand or just a plate into which a hole has been drilled. It's probably 50 years newer than the base (mid 20th C). The base could be Bohemian or English (late 19th C), though I lean more towards Bohemian, and should be hanging from a much larger assembly.

Title: Re: Epergne ID
Post by: chopin-liszt on January 13, 2014, 05:27:44 PM

It is common to find a hanging basket with a metal base attached, to stick it to something else?  ???

Title: Re: Epergne ID
Post by: brucebanner on January 14, 2014, 10:58:58 PM

I just love these i have a collection of cannibalised glass, broken or glass changed to match the fashions of the day, the top looks like a 19c hanging basket and the plate a pressed glass cake stand as Lustrousstone stated i've just sold one in green.

The one i've posted here is a uranium glass thorn vase with a similar brass attatchment like yours