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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: Barmy on March 08, 2014, 08:42:42 PM

Title: Firing Glass?
Post by: Barmy on March 08, 2014, 08:42:42 PM

I picked up a couple of new pieces at an auction today and hope someone might help with the description, age, and approximate value?  It has a rough pontil and a thick base.  Both pieces have a beautiful song when struck.

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u242/barmy1/Glass/FiringGlass_zps04caa647.jpg

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u242/barmy1/Glass/firingglassbase_zpsc6b262b2.jpg

The second piece I have no idea.  It has a smooth pontil.

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u242/barmy1/Glass/Unknown_zps675c349d.jpg

Title: Re: Firing Glass?
Post by: oldglassman on March 08, 2014, 09:11:55 PM

 Hi
          Would the first 1 be from Fieldings by any chance ?

 Peter.

Title: Re: Firing Glass?
Post by: Barmy on March 08, 2014, 09:28:42 PM

I don't know.  I'm in Canada and the auction was local.    ???

Title: Re: Firing Glass?
Post by: oldglassman on March 08, 2014, 09:52:03 PM

 Hi ,
           An amazing coincidence,there was an auction today in the UK , http://fieldingsauctioneers.co.uk/lot/104611

 now you have a description and I think it sold around £230 but not certain on that .


Peter.

Title: Re: Firing Glass?
Post by: Barmy on March 08, 2014, 10:19:00 PM

Un-believable........on the same day........How about the second glass????

Title: Re: Firing Glass?
Post by: oldglassman on March 08, 2014, 10:37:13 PM

 Hi ,
         1st  1/2 of the 19th c  is about as close as you can get from a photo,nice little glass , i am assuming its not that huge,with interlocking initials .

 Peter.

Title: Re: Firing Glass?
Post by: Barmy on March 09, 2014, 03:00:50 AM

It's actually shorter than the firing glass but it's bowl is larger.  I have decoded the initials yet.  The glass is quiet thick.

Title: Re: Firing Glass?
Post by: Antwerp1954 on March 09, 2014, 06:52:12 AM

The approximate value is what you paid for it. In the market there is no definitive price or value of a glass. The value is what someone is prepared to pay for it. You paid, ergo you know the value.

Title: Re: Firing Glass?
Post by: Barmy on March 09, 2014, 01:50:31 PM

Were opaque twist stem Firing Glasses made by one manufacture, in one location?  Or were they by many across the UK?

Title: Re: Firing Glass?
Post by: oldglassman on March 09, 2014, 01:52:34 PM

Hi ,
           All over the UK , very rarely is it possible to attribute an English 18th c glass a particular glass house.


Peter.