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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: chriscooper on February 19, 2014, 10:22:40 PM
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Picked this up today probably made thousands :) not something I would normally buy but did anyway on the off chance someone may be interested?
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Not that interesting then :)
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Celebrating Pilkingtons' 150th anniversary, they were made by Chance. Probably sold through The World of Glass (http://www.worldofglass.com/) in St Helens, if it was in operation then.
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Okay had seen Chance discussed on here and thought it could of interest to someone no worries it was only 99p.
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Yes, it is of interest. However, Chance and Fiesta Glass Ltd did make hundreds (thousands?) of different promotional items for many years and with a minimum order quantity of 250, it wasn't that expensive for a local church/village/organisation/event/[fill in to suit] to purchase a quantity and knock them out at a profit. Companies would also buy them as gifts for customers.
I have no idea how many of the Pilks trays there are, but they do crop up occasionally, although the one (say) depicting my local church has only appeared once that I know of. So whilst the local church is almost certainly 'rarer', it is of considerably less interest to anyone except a local, whereas the Pilks one would interest anyone who worked/works there or is researching some part of its history, etc.
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If it is of interest to anyone let me know and I will get out to you.
Chris