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Glass Mall => Glass Market Place => Topic started by: drewfind on October 28, 2017, 02:57:24 PM

Title: UP FOR AUCTION ON E-Bay , E.Varnish Ruby Mercury glass goblet circa 1849-1851
Post by: drewfind on October 28, 2017, 02:57:24 PM

For sale, as of 29.1017, on E-Bay, an immaculate example of an E.Varnish Ruby Mercury glass goblet.

Bidding starts at 12.00 Gmt,

This would be a wonderful jewel in any discerning collectors inventory.

There is no buy it now price

This is a 10 day sale, international bids welcome, good luck to all interested.

Cheerio
Andrew

Title: Re: UP FOR AUCTION ON E-Bay , E.Varnish Ruby Mercury glass goblet circa 1849-1851
Post by: KevinH on October 29, 2017, 06:39:22 PM

Hi Andrew,

Your goblet is not showing in eBay when I search with obvious keywords.
Please provide a link or the eBay number.

Title: Re: UP FOR AUCTION ON E-Bay , E.Varnish Ruby Mercury glass goblet circa 1849-1851
Post by: Della on October 30, 2017, 11:17:23 AM

This appears to be the item number: 112620648770

Title: Re: UP FOR AUCTION ON E-Bay , E.Varnish Ruby Mercury glass goblet circa 1849-1851
Post by: KevinH on October 30, 2017, 12:35:08 PM

Thanks Della. It now shows in my search entries, too. :)

Title: Re: UP FOR AUCTION ON E-Bay , E.Varnish Ruby Mercury glass goblet circa 1849-1851
Post by: nigelbenson on November 24, 2017, 01:28:05 AM

I got to page 10 of the discussion surrounding E Varnish et al that was started by this item and gave up because of the time it was taking!

As an extra piece of information, Michael Parkington created his collection by adding items as they came along, preferring (like all collectors of the British examples of these wares) cut through pieces where the pattern is accentuated by colour surrounding the 'mirrored' cutting.

Cheers, Nigel

Title: Re: UP FOR AUCTION ON E-Bay , E.Varnish Ruby Mercury glass goblet circa 1849-1851
Post by: flying free on December 21, 2017, 12:25:30 AM

'I got to page 10 of the discussion surrounding E Varnish et al that was started by this item and gave up because of the time it was taking!'

That's a shame Nigel.  There is some new primary evidence revealed on that thread.
I have questioned the attributions these pieces are commonly given, including by museums, of 'probably James Powell and sons'.
A different example of this is here:
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O6482/vase-hale-thomson-f/

and this

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O3080/varnish-patent-vase-james-powell-sons/

There appears to be no visible evidence for this frequent attribution at all.

Do you know of any?

best
m