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Title: Sowerby fern engraved custard?
Post by: bat20 on May 01, 2015, 03:59:23 PM

Hi,I think this is a custard but not sure,it just has the peacock head so I can't date it accurately,definitely a Victorian pteriiii....pttehi.....fern crazy piece I would say,any thoughts on dates please.

Title: Re: Sowerby fern engraved custard?
Post by: David E on May 01, 2015, 04:40:42 PM

"Pteridomania (https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCEQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FPteridomania&ei=n65DVajcDIPOaJe3gJAD&usg=AFQjCNEvMcjWYa-uGI0FgFR3eejFB4w_qA&sig2=dZi7UNfcULi7hmcGB-yQcg&bvm=bv.92189499,d.bGg)"

A fern pattern dates items through Victorian times, between the 1850s and 1890s, but I'm not sure when Sowerby produced this.

Title: Re: Sowerby fern engraved custard?
Post by: bat20 on May 01, 2015, 06:50:36 PM

Ok,thanks David,maybe when they first started using the peacock?