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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => British & Irish Glass => Topic started by: keith on January 22, 2014, 02:26:28 PM
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Big Brum Fair today,not so good,found this and had a jolly good cup of tea with David and Patricia, ;D ;D ;D
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Finding D&P is always a joy. ;)
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nice find Keith - the books seem more often to show these things in Vitro-Porcelain than clear, and this appears to be one curved end only, so you now need two straight troughs and another end ;D Believe they date originally to about 1880, and assume they were intended as posy/flower holders.
We played oranges and lemons as children at birthday parties, and I'd always thought of Walter Crane's figures as being children - but just realized they appear much older, and wonder why he gave one of the characters a Tam o'Shanter (cap) - was he Scottish perhaps?
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Big Brum Fair today,not so good,found this and had a jolly good cup of tea with David and Patricia, ;D ;D ;D
Nice to meet up again Keith - a nice find, you must have been in front of us! :) I didn't get anything else, other than that Italian vase, which I'll post later for ID'ing.
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Thanks all,I also found a Japanese 'teapot' and this.... ;D ;D
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The Sowerby is nice but the preserve must be mine :P
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I acquired a couple of Chance "Oranges and Lemons" patttern sideplates recently. They're sort of square, but with very rounded edges. They're for Mr. E, if you'd like them, David. :)
If not, they can go back to a charity shop.
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I met someone once who had a very large collection of these- that was her thing. I think they are lovely but I agree with Paul, they appear to have 'grown up' faces, which makes them curious.
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