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Title: Footed sea-green swirl goblet or dish
Post by: Joscyn on February 02, 2014, 06:39:28 PM

It is difficult to know where a goblet ends and dish begins nowadays but I think this is a footed dish.  I am sure I have seen it somewhere before but can't think.  Can anyone help?
The glass is q. thick - over 3mm and the height is 10.2cm.
Yours sincerely,
Ian

Title: Re: Footed sea-green swirl goblet or dish
Post by: Joscyn on February 03, 2014, 09:40:15 AM

The pontil mark is incompletely polished with some residual sharpness and the trailing is very slightly raised when felt.

Title: Re: Footed sea-green swirl goblet or dish
Post by: glassobsessed on February 03, 2014, 09:49:38 AM

It reminds me a bit of George Elliot (very nice btw).

John

Title: Re: Footed sea-green swirl goblet or dish
Post by: Joscyn on February 03, 2014, 09:57:35 AM

Thanks, John, I will have a look.  I haven't a clue about this but it looked v good from afar.
Ian

Title: Re: Footed sea-green swirl goblet or dish
Post by: glassobsessed on February 03, 2014, 10:57:38 AM

Perfume with similar decoration: http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,53030.0.html

What is the splash of red/blue colour from in your photos?

Title: Re: Footed sea-green swirl goblet or dish
Post by: Joscyn on February 03, 2014, 11:41:21 AM

Sorry, the splash of colour was my TV.  My bad.  I agree that it certainly looks like both of these items but is unsigned.  Did George Elliot at Bewdley borrow from anybody else (or any other more classic designs) for these pieces?

Title: Re: Footed sea-green swirl goblet or dish
Post by: glassobsessed on February 03, 2014, 05:44:46 PM

Quote from: Joscyn on February 03, 2014, 11:41:21 AM

Did George Elliot at Bewdley borrow from anybody else (or any other more classic designs) for these pieces?

I think he would be right out there on his own if he did not, after thousands of years of glass making very little is truly original. All designers/makers need to get their inspiration to innovate or their starting point from somewhere.