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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: bat20 on May 05, 2014, 10:58:52 AM
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Hi all,last one of the bank holiday weekend and curiosity getting the better of me i think,it has wear to the outside of the base and is 11" wide with a very long low tone ring,i should also mention it has a ground flat rim with enamelled blue swallows and stars,lastly it glows green with the uv torch,i'm guessing Bohemian,any thoughts many thanks.
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The swallow and the stars are transfers. The same stars are found on Chance items, so I would say your date is about right. It's not Bohemian, as that only takes us to 1918.
This pale yellow uncased uranium is not that common. I have four identified US pressed pieces ( 2 x Heisey in Ivorina verde c 1900, a Jefferson piece c 1905 and a Fenton piece c 1975, Fenton used it a lot but mostly frosted) and some Leerdam
And then I have these two mould-blown pieces, which I reckon are contemporaneous with yours and possibly the same manufacturer but I have no idea who made then
http://lustrousstone.co.uk/cpg/displayimage.php?pid=1427
http://lustrousstone.co.uk/cpg/displayimage.php?pid=2083
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Very interesting Christine,would the transfers have just been used in this country?When i picked it up i could see a faint hint of what i thought was a stamp,but on closer inspection when i got home it may just be just some foreign matter looking like tea dust faintly forming a triangle on the base.Lets hope a labelled example turns up soon.
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There weren't that many transfer makers, so they could have been used anywhere
Lets hope a labelled example turns up soon.
Dream on!
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Is that a glass top to the rose bowl Christine?
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No, most unusually it's Bakelite. I'll edit the caption to say so.
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I thought it might be,these pieces are very much of there time aren't they,i wonder if mine had a lid of some sort,i think it would balance the proportions up a bit.
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I agree - as soon as I saw it I thought it was missing it's lid.
No idea whether the lid would have been glass or metal though.
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No, it's too big to be lidded. It's fruit bowl size
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oh yes, you're right ... odd shape though. Would definitely look better with a lid ;D
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Sort of in the same class as this http://lustrousstone.co.uk/cpg/displayimage.php?pid=1163
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yes definitely. That looks as though it should have a silver plated lid with a knop or small loop handle ;D
But, in real life does it look 'right'? Often photographs don't seem to show how 'right' a piece appears to the eye in real life I find.
I've bought a bowl and removed the lid, because although it should have a lid it looks better on the eye without one :)
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It looks like it should be a lampshade in real life
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yes I can see that - I often wonder if some molds/mold shapes were used for both?
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