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Title: Depression Glass pitcher needs an identity - is it American?
Post by: imaztribabe on June 04, 2014, 03:10:07 AM

If someone could identify this glass pitcher, it would be greatly appreciated.  I found this in the basement at my mom's house....  Has no markings on it...

Thanks,  Lori

Title: Re: Glass pitcher needs an identity
Post by: imaztribabe on July 09, 2014, 05:14:14 PM

any info?.....  The pitcher is 5-3/4" high, and it weighs 14.4 oz..  Any clues would be greatly appreciated....  Lori

Title: Re: Glass pitcher needs an identity
Post by: chopin-liszt on July 09, 2014, 07:04:12 PM

It does rather seem that we are clueless, so far.
Have you searched any Early American Pressed Glass sites? or the web for EAPG? They're not really within my remit; it is sometimes just referred to as EAPG.
Sorry I can't help more.

Title: Re: Glass pitcher needs an identity
Post by: imaztribabe on July 09, 2014, 07:08:56 PM

Sue,  thanks for the lead...  I'll give it a try... Lori

Title: Re: Glass pitcher needs an identity
Post by: chopin-liszt on July 09, 2014, 07:16:25 PM

A clear image of the base might help.
Different factories had different ways of finishing off the bottoms of things and even if it looks as if there's nothing there, we can sometimes tell a lot from the sort of nothing it is. ;D

Title: Re: Glass pitcher needs an identity
Post by: imaztribabe on July 09, 2014, 08:15:10 PM

Sue,  Ask and Ye Shall Receive....  Thanks for asking.....  Here ya go..  Lori

Title: Re: Glass pitcher needs an identity
Post by: chopin-liszt on July 10, 2014, 10:21:16 AM

Thanks! I can tell from that is was made in a two piece mould, and it's a fairly complex shape for moulded glass, with all the fancy shapes on the handle. There have to be others out there, given somebody went to the trouble of creating the moulds...

I've just looked on the web myself - it's the Early American Pattern Glass Society, not Pressed Glass Society.
Doh. These might be the best folk to ask?

http://www.eapgs.org/

Title: Re: Glass pitcher needs an identity
Post by: Ivo on July 10, 2014, 11:15:34 AM

Not EAPG but depression glass - of which there are hundreds of patterns. Main producers were Jeannette, Indiana, Hocking, Imperial, Hazel-Atlas, Federal, McKee - too many to mention. There are a lot of our US participants who know these by heart - so maybe we should change the headline to include "depression" ?

Title: Re: Glass pitcher needs an identity
Post by: Lustrousstone on July 10, 2014, 11:34:08 AM

Here is a nice site for asking about depression glass with a useful gallery
http://www.chataboutdg.com/

Title: Re: Glass pitcher needs an identity
Post by: imaztribabe on July 10, 2014, 04:43:20 PM

Thank you all for the leads....  I will start checking them out...  much appreciated...  Lori

Title: Re: Depression Glass pitcher needs an identity - is it American?
Post by: Lustrousstone on July 30, 2014, 12:39:21 PM

Identified on chataboutdg as EAPG and Sprig by Bryce, Higbee & Co, c.1885