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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => British & Irish Glass => Topic started by: Paul S. on January 26, 2017, 07:27:52 PM
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Described in the Kew archives as a 'Glass Marmalade' - although since the original design lacks a lid, then possibly not a container for permanent storage in the way we might now use a lidded jar for jam and marmalade............ perhaps used for serving at a single breakfast - washed and cleaned - and this repeated whenever the dish was needed.
This item appears on Neil's marvelous pressed glass site - under P.V. - where four other unrelated shapes are shown, all presumably carrying this Reg. No. ......... I could be very wrong, but my opinion is that the features they all seem to share in common would suggest that the design features being protected were the saw-toothed rim and the pattern of upright mitres.
I don't know if we have one in the flesh so to speak on the Board's archive - Fred will know of course :)
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Thank you for posting the design representation for PV 75942, Paul.
The GMB RD database has pictures of a boat-shaped version of the marmalade and a rectangular version with cropped corners (as in the design representation).
There are photos of both the shapes on Neil's site at
https://sites.google.com/site/molwebbhistory/Home/registered-designs/percival-vickers-designs-by-date/percival-vickers-1886-1887
plus a creamer and a thistle-shaped preserve dish in the pattern.
The boat- and thistle-shaped version are both shown sitting on a metal stand, and I suspect that the rectangular version may possibly have sat (either singly or perhaps as a pair) on a metal stand too.
Here are some photos of actual pieces for permanent reference. (Permission for the re-use of the photo of the rectangular version on the GMB is granted by Rod Crowshaw).
Fred.