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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: vintageglassfan79 on January 27, 2017, 12:09:41 AM
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I picked this up earlier today. Having a hard time finding any information online about it. Not sure if it's worth keeping or not. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!
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Hello and welcome to the board. The short answer is, if you like it keep it. :) It's not a pattern I recognise but if it is from your side of the pond rather than of European origin then that's no surprise as it's not my area of research. However, we have immensely knowledgeable people who may well recognise it and be able to help, so let's see what turns up. :)
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Hi Anne, thank you for the warm welcome. I look forward to hearing more feedback. I can attach more pictures if i need to as well.
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here is another view of it.
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That helps, as I didn't realise from the first pic that it was a coloured not clear glass. Have you tested it under a UV / blacklight to see if it has a uranium glow?
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I actually just ordered a mini blacklight yesterday. Should be in the mail tomorrow. I'll test it out and let eveyone know the results. thank you!
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having looked at this plate in the first picture, my opinion is that this piece is clear glass and not coloured - am inclined to think the op's photograph in the second picture has in some way distorted the light to create a yellow bias. Possibly the camera compensating for the background.
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Just to clarify, the glass item does have a yellow hue to it depending on what angle you look at it. It does have yellow. It's not false color from bad white balance or color cast from other light sources.
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thanks for the clarification :) - it was just that the first picture gives a very bog standard clear glass image. Is it soda glass that produces often some hint of a pale straw coloured effect? - not sure.
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Not sure about the soda glass idea. I'll have to do some diggin around on that. Anyone else have some possible ideas?
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as an item of pressed glass, this one joins the millions of other pieces made by a basically similar process, the overall total of which probably far exceeds glass made by all other processes put together, so unless the pattern of your piece is recognized - by means of linking to an old pattern/design - then you will probably not succeed with an id.
This probably sounds depressing, and not what someone wants to hear, but it's an unfortunate fact of life. Some countries do keep extensive industrial manufacturing archives, and depending on the extent of research you may, or may not wish to undertake, then it's possible to locate some really quite old pressed glass designs, and as a by product all the history that goes with it. Of course not everyone wants to delve that deep into what in reality is a piece of cheap utility glass that lacks intrinsic or historic value, but as Anne has said, if you like it then keep it - who knows, it might be the beginning of a long interest in the history of pressed glass, which I can recommend by the way. :)
Unfortunately, the GMB presently lacks regular support from pressed glass collectors on your side, and folk here concentrate on European material. If you can locate pressed glass forums in the Sates then they may provide you with shorter odds for getting an id for your plate - wish you luck :)
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You could also try asking on the Chat About forum as they are US-based and have some members who are really familiar with American pressed glass: http://chataboutdg.com/forums/index.php?act=idx (http://chataboutdg.com/forums/index.php?act=idx)
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thank you for the link!