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Title: Chance, Dudley Zoo ?
Post by: keith on August 25, 2017, 04:50:20 PM

Probably a good chance ( no pun intended ) the background colour is pretty much the same as some other Chance plates I have  ;D 8.5 inches long.

Title: Re: Chance, Dudley Zoo ?
Post by: Anne on August 26, 2017, 11:34:22 PM

Nice find, Keith, well done.

Title: Re: Chance, Dudley Zoo ?
Post by: keith on August 27, 2017, 10:25:01 AM

 ;D ;D

Title: Re: Chance, Dudley Zoo ?
Post by: keith on August 29, 2017, 03:10:23 PM

Did Chance have a contract with the zoo ? and did they ever do 'Flags of the World' ?  ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Chance, Dudley Zoo ?
Post by: Anne on September 10, 2017, 06:42:55 PM

Oh! I've never seen either of those before, Keith.

Title: Re: Chance, Dudley Zoo ?
Post by: keith on September 10, 2017, 10:47:55 PM

Think the giraffe has a good 'chance'  ::) shall have to see what David says ;D

Title: Re: Chance, Dudley Zoo ?
Post by: David E on October 02, 2017, 10:53:50 AM

Giraffe, I'm sure about. The flag maybe.

Chance offered a custom service where trays could be ordered with a minimum quantity of 250, so tourist companies would frequently order batches of trays like this. The problem with a firm attribution is that other companies did the same: Webb and Duro-Ray are two examples and the trays they manufactured are almost identical to ones by Chance.

Although a minimum of 250 examples may exist in the whole world of any tray, making them 'rare', it doesn't always mean they are collectable, particularly the ones with just a single-colour printed. Stuart and I have compiled a number of these advertising trays on ChanceGlassware.uk (https://www.chanceglassware.uk/promotional-ware), which is a new website I started. There are dozens on there - don't forget to click the 'Show More' link at the bottom of each page. On this site, there are a number of the more collectable ones, like Walpamur Paints, Apex Holloware (bit saucy this one) and E J & J Pearson, to name a few.

Also see this page (https://www.chanceglassware.uk/other-promo) for trays that are less likely to be Chance.

Title: Re: Chance, Dudley Zoo ?
Post by: keith on October 02, 2017, 12:50:29 PM

Thanks David I'll have look  ;D