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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: brucebanner on April 23, 2016, 07:31:43 PM
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All three have the same pattern, the piece on the left in the second picture has uranium glass roots.
The taller vase has a polished pontil and is 10 inches in height.
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More pics.
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Very nice, that fine iridescence on the last picture looks like some of my Walsh pieces, haven't got my book at the moment to see if there are any similar patterns in the back. ;D
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if you're basing your thoughts Chris on features such as iridescence, wavy rims and naturalistic feet etc., then you'd have half of all the Continental made glass from the 1880s - 90s as potential contenders. :)
You don't comment as to whether you have Reynolds book or not, so unsure if you've looked in said volume.............. he reproduces some of Walsh's original factory drawings, for these naturalistic designs, submitted to the Board of Trade, on which are also included the corresponding Registration Nos. - Reynolds doesn't appear to include your particular pieces. Regret I no longer have Gulliver, so can't check his book.
From looking at the designs shown in Reynolds, my impression is that those of a naturalistic/nouveau bent, Registered by Walsh during the last two decades of the C19 are, within reasonable limits, designs of a repeatable nature - although doubtless they wouldn't be repeatable exactly.
Walsh did make lampshades, epergnes, vases and flower holders etc., that had wavy rims, iridescence and hot-worked leaves with naturalistic looks, but my personal opinion is that your pieces are just a little too naturalistic and unrepeatable to be Walsh.
One of Walsh's most successful Registrations at that time was the 'Palm Tree Vase for Holding Flowers' (Rd. No. 100004) - this appears to be a red body with clear leaves etc. - and to quote Reynolds.................."Such was the success of this (Rd. 100004) that imitations soon appeared and, again, a warning was issued that legal action would be taken against those who were marketing imitations which infringed the Registered design 100004."
Obviously there was much copying of this naturalistic style, and your pieces might be by one of the many manufacturers who produced fancy glassware along these lines, both from within the U.K. or the Continent.
Only my opinion of course.
P.S. very good pix by the way.
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I agree they might be Walsh. I certainly don't think they are Continental. Are they lead crystal?
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Not sure if there lead crystal they all sound very tinny, the one with the uranium foot has the exact finish to this one I think Keith put on a while ago with a daisy pattern.
In Gulliver the pattern is described as formed from a peacock tailed pattern mould, there are glimpses of it several times, page 61 and another vase on page 91.
Yes I got my magnifying glass out and could not see it in Reynolds.