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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => New Zealand & Australia Glass => Topic started by: chrisade on May 12, 2014, 02:23:13 AM

Title: Help ID Signature. ID = Judy Harris, Australia
Post by: chrisade on May 12, 2014, 02:23:13 AM

This is a small round glass piece, rather plain in a shade of red with a few random dark spots. The base is signed but I am unfamiliar with the signature. Any thoughts appreciated. Thank you Chris.

Title: Re: Help ID Signature
Post by: Anne on May 12, 2014, 03:20:21 AM

Chris, I can't make out the sig but I do suspect it should be read the other way up, as the bit on the left looks like 80 (i.e. a date year 1980?) when rotated through 180 degrees...

Title: Re: Help ID Signature
Post by: chrisade on May 12, 2014, 03:41:10 AM

Hi Anne,
Thanks I have rotated and it does seem to make more sense!
Chris

Title: Re: Help ID Signature
Post by: neil53 on May 13, 2014, 09:39:07 PM

Hi, could it be Jonathan Harris?

Neil

Title: Re: Help ID Signature
Post by: chrisade on May 13, 2014, 11:03:36 PM

Hi Neil
Thank you for your thought - I will investigate more!
Cheers
Chris

Title: Re: Help ID Signature
Post by: Lustrousstone on May 14, 2014, 06:34:40 AM

Definitely not. He writes his name in full and very small and legibly. I have six of his paperweights but no sig photo though

Title: Re: Help ID Signature
Post by: neil53 on May 14, 2014, 07:17:53 AM

Hi Christine, OK, I don't have any of his pieces anymore but you must admit it does look like "J Harris & Q".

Neil

Title: Re: Help ID Signature
Post by: antiquerose123 on May 16, 2014, 09:24:04 AM

????

Hamp  ?? ?

Harp ??

Title: Re: Help ID Signature
Post by: brewster on March 27, 2015, 01:11:46 AM

This piece is signed "J Harris 80" by artist Judy Harris in the year 1980. Other examples of her work and signature, in items co-made with Peter Minson and Chris Pantano, have featured in another recent GMB thread. Some biographical details about Judy Harris and another example of her signature may be found there:
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,59028.msg335317.html#msg335317

The date of 1980 indicates this is an early piece in her (short) career in blown glass. It would have been made at the Paris Creek craft workshops in South Australia, under the tutelage of Peter Minson.

Trevor

Title: Re: Help ID Signature. ID = Judy Harris, Australia
Post by: chrisade on March 27, 2015, 05:32:52 AM

Thank you Trevor, another puzzle solved.
Cheers
Chris