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Title: Blue glass red rimmed plate and bowl, signed. Pinkwater Glass studio, NY?
Post by: sayitslowly on March 22, 2016, 07:11:10 PM

I am hoping someone will be able to direct me in my attempt to identify the maker of this plate and bowl. The plate is 9" diameter with a deep well and red rim. The bowl is straight sided, 4" diameter and also red rimmed. Both are signed but with different numbers, perhaps the year. The signatures vary a little but I can't make out either well enough to be much help in searching. These look so familiar but I'm having trouble  narrowing down the maker. I would appreciate any help.

Title: Re: Blue glass red rimmed plate and bowl, signed
Post by: sayitslowly on March 22, 2016, 07:12:01 PM

additional photos

Title: Re: Blue glass red rimmed plate and bowl, signed
Post by: sayitslowly on March 24, 2016, 06:25:43 PM

Someone suggested that this might be from the Pinkwater Glass studio in NY though I've not been able to verify yet but it looks very promising.

Title: Re: Blue glass red rimmed plate and bowl, signed
Post by: chopin-liszt on March 25, 2016, 11:55:04 AM

 :)
Hi and welcome. I'm sorry I can't help, but this does appear to be a very well made thing. Pinkwater does look good for the signature, (I was trying to make something from Pukaberg, but it doesn't look anything like their work.).
I hope somebody else who knows a bit more about American glass will come along and add their opinion.
Not everybody comes here every day, have a little patience - I'm sure somebody will help you eventually.

Title: Re: Blue glass red rimmed plate and bowl, signed
Post by: sayitslowly on March 25, 2016, 01:20:20 PM

Hi Sue! Thanks very much. I also had tried to make it Pukeberg as I thought these looked Scandinavian but it just didn't fit. I did find a photo online of some dinnerware made by Pinkwater that would seem to be like mine in a rainbow of different colors. Most of their items seem a bit more bold and funky and these are rather subdued for them. It does look to me that the signature is a good match so I think I'm satisfied that it's Pinkwater.

Thanks so much!

Title: Re: Blue glass red rimmed plate and bowl, signed
Post by: chopin-liszt on March 25, 2016, 01:46:35 PM

 :)
I've been admiring your glass and hoping somebody would talk to you.
Applying a trail around a rim is a very difficult thing to do, especially so well. So is shaping the right angles in the saucer/plate. It has to be by somebody good!
I do like the unusual contrast of colours too.

Title: Re: Blue glass red rimmed plate and bowl, signed. Pinkwater Glass studio, NY?
Post by: KevinH on March 25, 2016, 11:05:43 PM

I have added "Pinkwater Glass studio, NY" to the thread title to try to attract some more input.

Personally, I think the items are very much in the same style as some google results for "pinkwater glass". And to me the signatures do look ok for that.

But let's see if anyone can confirm this.

Title: Re: Blue glass red rimmed plate and bowl, signed. Pinkwater Glass studio, NY?
Post by: sayitslowly on March 25, 2016, 11:17:23 PM

Thanks Kevin sounds like a plan :)

Title: Re: Blue glass red rimmed plate and bowl, signed. Pinkwater Glass studio, NY?
Post by: flying free on March 25, 2016, 11:26:14 PM

Kurt Swanson and Lisa Schwartz Pinkwater glass - just in case you'd not already found this information

http://www.nytimes.com/1986/02/13/garden/home-beat-innovative-glass.html

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurt-swanson-43464a20

http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=33379

pieces exhibited at this exhibition
http://www.glasmuseet.dk/en2010/exhibitions/past/glass-and-poetry.html


Love the pieces - very elegant.
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Title: Re: Blue glass red rimmed plate and bowl, signed. Pinkwater Glass studio, NY?
Post by: sayitslowly on March 29, 2016, 12:24:32 PM

Thank you for the links I hadn't seen all of those before. If it's ok to provide these links I think it adds support to the Pinkwater identification. I apologize if these links are not allowed.

http://collections.madmuseum.org/code/emuseum.asp?emu_action=media&id=2526&mediaid=10501

This link has pop ups on my computer but it does show what looks like my pieces.

http://www.merchantcircle.com/pinkwater-glass-carmel-ny/picture/view/2305553

Title: Re: Blue glass red rimmed plate and bowl, signed. Pinkwater Glass studio, NY?
Post by: chopin-liszt on March 29, 2016, 12:28:54 PM

Your links are fine. :)
Thanks for bringing this lovely glass to our attention!

Title: Re: Blue glass red rimmed plate and bowl, signed. Pinkwater Glass studio, NY?
Post by: LemonCitron on September 18, 2017, 07:13:21 PM

They are out of Carmel NY.  Kurt Swanson is one half of the husband/wife team. They only produce custom work these days as they have also launched a Mead business.  Hope that helps!