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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: yarniac on December 02, 2014, 05:39:08 PM

Title: Need help with signed piece of cut crystal
Post by: yarniac on December 02, 2014, 05:39:08 PM

Hello,
I have a beautiful large cut crystal decanter and need help identifying it.  It is signed, but I am not sure who made it.

Any help would be appreciated.

Title: Re: Need help with signed piece of cut crystal
Post by: chopin-liszt on December 02, 2014, 07:11:35 PM

I suspect that's a Riedel mark. I'll go and look for a source which might give you a date.

got it, but sadly, your mark might be a bit earlier than is catalogued, (or I might be completely wrong).

http://www.riedel.com/history/trademark/

I'm sure somebody will be able to help you though. Just have a little patience until the right person comes along.

Title: Re: Need help with signed piece of cut crystal
Post by: yarniac on December 02, 2014, 07:30:12 PM

Thanks, Sue. 

I appreciate any and all help  :)

Title: Re: Need help with signed piece of cut crystal
Post by: chopin-liszt on December 02, 2014, 07:49:04 PM

It's rather a spectacular thing, isn't it?
Sorry, I forgot to say welcome, so; "Welcome to the gmb!" :)
Old and cut glass isn't my "thing", but there are plently of folk here, whose "thing" it is. I'm sure somebody else will be able to help you far more than I can.

Title: Re: Need help with signed piece of cut crystal
Post by: yarniac on December 03, 2014, 03:45:48 AM

Thank you so much for the welcome.  I love glass and hope I can be a contributing member of this forum. 

This one has me stumped though.

Title: Re: Need help with signed piece of cut crystal
Post by: yarniac on December 04, 2014, 08:20:10 PM

I thought it may be Leerdam glass.  These marks are as close as I could get.
http://www.great-glass.co.uk/glass%20notes/marki-l.htm (http://www.great-glass.co.uk/glass%20notes/marki-l.htm)

I guess I should have put Leerdam in the title  :-\

Title: Re: Need help with signed piece of cut crystal
Post by: chopin-liszt on December 04, 2014, 09:03:11 PM

Would you like me to ask a moderator to do that? (Put Leerdam? in the title)

I really think we could do with some input from somebody who knows more than I do about fabulous, enormous and unusual decanters!  :'(

Title: Re: Need help with signed piece of cut crystal
Post by: yarniac on December 05, 2014, 02:25:46 AM

That would be great if it's not too much trouble.  Thanks so much for your help!

Title: Re: Need help with signed piece of cut crystal
Post by: Ivo on December 05, 2014, 06:42:45 AM

Sorry never no Leerdam. It is Czech, just don't ask me which one.

Title: Re: Need help with signed piece of cut crystal
Post by: yarniac on December 07, 2014, 01:11:40 PM

Thanks.. I thought that the Leerdam mark was the closest, except I see now that their lines are straight  on the signature and mine aren't. 

Also after a lot of research, it doesn't look like their style of glass.

I'll research Czech marks today and post if I come up with something. 

Title: Re: Need help with signed piece of cut crystal
Post by: chopin-liszt on December 07, 2014, 01:29:20 PM

If Ivo says no to Leerdam, you can believe him.
Ivo is the Ivo Haanstra, author of "Glass Fact File A-Z".  :)