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Title: Ming "chemist's" bottle
Post by: Lustrousstone on August 31, 2015, 07:13:22 PM

A lovely and large thing I picked I up. Not too common I believe and earlyish I suspect, though post-Harris. 8.5 in tall, polished pontil mark and full of bubbles, large and small

Title: Re: Ming "chemist's" bottle
Post by: glassobsessed on August 31, 2015, 09:38:01 PM

Interesting Christine, not often this gets asked - can we have another photo of the signature but not quite so close?

No scratch that, the thumbnail is fine. ;D

A polished pontil mark would be unusual on a bit of Ming or have I just missed seeing one before?  :-\

John

Title: Re: Ming "chemist's" bottle
Post by: Ivo on September 01, 2015, 06:11:50 AM

I'd say it is merciful.

Title: Re: Ming "chemist's" bottle
Post by: Lustrousstone on September 01, 2015, 06:29:34 AM

It has a very big bottom (No like owner remarks please), so a pontil mark makes sense.

Title: Re: Ming "chemist's" bottle
Post by: chopin-liszt on September 01, 2015, 11:18:04 AM

Mine has a different base, it is slightly rounded, with a flat base polished into it.
The script on yours looks very like Dobson's writing,  8) the script on mine is big and in an early (spidery, loopy) style too.

I have seen far more MDG bottles this size than I have Mdina ones.

Title: Re: Ming "chemist's" bottle
Post by: Lustrousstone on September 01, 2015, 11:55:01 AM

Mine has a flat marvered bottom with pontil mark

Title: Re: Ming "chemist's" bottle
Post by: chopin-liszt on September 01, 2015, 12:16:27 PM

I think the varying base finishes, including the round polished mark, all support the notion of these being early, when they were just "going with the flow" of what the glass was doing and how many folk were available for carrying out finishing processes.
Piccies soon.
No sunshine, no summer here.

Title: Re: Ming "chemist's" bottle
Post by: glassobsessed on September 01, 2015, 07:52:26 PM

Well Ivo made me laugh with that one...

Mark Hill states Ming was in production "by 1975" (page 50, Michael Harris Mdina Glass...). The Dexam catalogue shows your big bottle Christine without a stopper, I thought that catalogue was 1973 or thereabouts, can anyone confirm or deny?

Title: Re: Ming "chemist's" bottle
Post by: keith on September 01, 2015, 08:09:12 PM

The top and neck are a little different but is this a 'Ming' ? did post it a while ago but couldn't find the post,  ;D

Title: Re: Ming "chemist's" bottle
Post by: glassobsessed on September 01, 2015, 08:17:02 PM

Same shape Keith but yours was made at Malta Decorative Glass, Ming refers to the particular blue/green decor in Christine's bottle.

Title: Re: Ming "chemist's" bottle
Post by: keith on September 01, 2015, 10:34:43 PM

Ta, I am much enlightened  ;D ;D

Title: Re: Ming "chemist's" bottle
Post by: Nemmie on September 02, 2015, 05:18:10 AM

I saw one the same at Detling last year. Same size with ground and polished pontil mark but not marked Mdina.

Title: Re: Ming "chemist's" bottle
Post by: Lustrousstone on September 02, 2015, 06:31:33 AM

I don't think I have seen the Dexam catalogue you are referring to John; it's not the one in the book is it?

Title: Re: Ming "chemist's" bottle
Post by: glassobsessed on September 02, 2015, 07:15:14 AM

No it is not illustrated in the book and I can't post the images - copyright and all that but I have emailed them to you.

Title: Re: Ming "chemist's" bottle
Post by: Lustrousstone on September 02, 2015, 08:45:04 AM

 :-* Thank you

Title: Re: Ming "chemist's" bottle
Post by: Lustrousstone on September 02, 2015, 11:01:16 AM

That's certainly the big boy - no rounded bottom and the leaflet looks 70s. Some interesting things in there. Thank you again

Title: Re: Ming "chemist's" bottle
Post by: chopin-liszt on September 02, 2015, 12:06:47 PM

Piccie of the base of mine.