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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => British & Irish Glass => Topic started by: Pinkspoons on September 12, 2015, 03:08:48 PM
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I've seen a couple of these over the years sporting Strathearn labels, and I bought one recently (sans label), but I can't seem to find out very much about them.
This example is a mottled green with predominantly blue chips scattered about the lower half, 270mm x 110mm (~10.5" x 4.25") without fittings, and finished to the base with quite rough grinding to level it out.
Other ones have turned up in this green with darker green chips, and in a light blue with dark blue chips. Presumably to be found in other combinations.
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I've seen a small ovoid vase in the light blue with dark chips, never a lamp base though.
Not a common colourway to find in either combination. :)
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As luck would have it, a blue lamp sold on eBay recently: Here (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-1960s-Handmade-Strathearn-Blue-Glass-Bulbous-Lamp-Base-Original-Sticker-/161739791962?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item25a8715e5a")
Does the label / colourway help date the lamps at all? I'm a little lost with Scottish glass!
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My personal suspicion is that this might be a later colourway, perhaps just prior to becoming Stuart Strathearn, but I don't know why I suspect that. Possibly just because it's a bit more "retro" in style than the more Monart-like Strathearn.
I'm sure others here will know, Nic, (and I'll ask my brother, but he's on holiday right now.)
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come in blue , green and orange seen quite a few over the years , usually have a chrome lamp holder
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Yes, it came with its original fittings - a chromed washer attached to a pillar nipple blobbily glued to the base, with a chromed lampholder on top - but they were decidedly worse for wear, so I went with much nicer Bakelite instead.
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Sorry Sue - I missed your post.
I thought it might be mid-late 1970s, too. As you say, the colours have that kind of 'vibe'. And it does have the feeling of work by a factory that knows how to make glass... but has had to cut a few corners on the finish - true of a lot of European glassworks after the 70s oil crisis.
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And here's a light blue / dark blue one: