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Title: Uranium glass bird vase - ID = Guernsey County Glass or Mosser USA
Post by: brucebanner on January 08, 2016, 06:29:22 PM

Any thoughts on this one, the glass seems streaky when under uv not uniform.

7 1/2 inches in height 3 1/2 inches across the base.

Title: Re: Uranium glass bird vase help please.
Post by: Lustrousstone on January 08, 2016, 07:59:12 PM

Modern, US and Mosser. You can see the M mark

Title: Re: Uranium glass bird vase help please.
Post by: brucebanner on January 08, 2016, 08:08:18 PM

There is no m mark, I do agree it feels modern though.

Title: Re: Uranium glass bird vase help please.
Post by: Lustrousstone on January 08, 2016, 09:57:41 PM

The mark will be on the body not the base. It's just underneath his tail I think

Title: Re: Uranium glass bird vase help please.
Post by: chopin-liszt on January 09, 2016, 11:31:56 AM

 :)
When I was looking Mosser up, I found that they stopped using the M mark around '86.
It does look very Mosser.

Title: Re: Uranium glass bird vase help please.
Post by: brucebanner on January 09, 2016, 04:18:47 PM

No marks anywhere, thanks both.

Title: Re: Uranium glass bird vase help please.
Post by: chopin-liszt on January 09, 2016, 05:12:08 PM

It still might be worth your time searching their products. I had a go, but I'm afraid I gave up without struggling terribly far.
(I'm not good at refining searches to weed out the stuff I don't want to see and end up going doolally.)

Title: Re: Uranium glass bird vase help please.
Post by: David E on January 10, 2016, 08:30:33 PM

Must admit, I did think there is an 'M' mark, second photo on the edge of the base, by the tip of the tail, as Christine mentions.

Title: Re: Uranium glass bird vase - ID = Mosser, USA
Post by: brucebanner on January 10, 2016, 11:26:40 PM

Naked of any marks at all, not a sausage nothing, no M for Mosser.

Title: Re: Uranium glass bird vase - ID = Mosser, USA
Post by: chopin-liszt on January 11, 2016, 10:58:16 AM

 :)
I believe you Chris. I can see no M mark. 
I'm not quite sure how this got postively sorted in the title, I do strongly suspect it could well be Mosser, but we haven't ascertained anything beyond opinion.

Title: Re: Uranium glass bird vase - ID = Mosser, USA
Post by: Ohio on January 11, 2016, 05:06:06 PM

This bird was originally made by Harold Bennett of Guernsey County Glass & when Hariold passed many of his molds went to Mosser. Yes Harold made uranium glass & both he & Mosser were both located in Cambridge, Ohio.

Title: Re: Uranium glass bird vase - ID = Mosser, USA
Post by: chopin-liszt on January 11, 2016, 05:15:03 PM

 :)
Wow, great info, thanks!

That might well explain the lack of M in the mould, rather than the date produced?

Title: Re: Uranium glass bird vase - ID = Mosser, USA
Post by: Ohio on January 11, 2016, 05:41:15 PM

Harold at times used a capital "B" in a diamond which gets confused as Boyd quite a bit & since both were located in Cambridge that caused the confusion. Alot of Harold's work simply carried a foil label "Genuine Handmade Bennett Glass Cambridge Ohio" which as usual is missing most of the time. Harold poured from 67 to 79 then had Mosser pour for him most of the time. I knew Harold for close to 20 years. Attached is a Chief Pontiac modeled after a car radiator cap in Jadeite he made in 81.

Title: Re: Uranium glass bird vase - ID = Guernsey County Glass or Mosser USA
Post by: Anne on January 11, 2016, 08:43:42 PM

Quote from: chopin-liszt on January 11, 2016, 10:58:16 AM

:)
I believe you Chris. I can see no M mark. 
I'm not quite sure how this got postively sorted in the title, I do strongly suspect it could well be Mosser, but we haven't ascertained anything beyond opinion.

Because reply #1 said it was! ;)

Title: Re: Uranium glass bird vase - ID = Guernsey County Glass or Mosser USA
Post by: brucebanner on January 11, 2016, 09:09:35 PM

I like it, funny ;)