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Title: Stuart tumblers question.
Post by: keith on March 24, 2019, 12:23:52 AM

Picked these up the other day, the tallest, 5 inches is marked Stuart ( 1930s-50s ) but what is this type of decoration, it feels slightly raised  ??? ;D

Title: Re: Stuart tumblers question.
Post by: Lustrousstone on March 24, 2019, 04:15:42 PM

Acid etched with a "needle". Check with a strong loupe. If you can see hesitations in the lines, it was done by hand like the glass I showed on FB the other day

Title: Re: Stuart tumblers question.
Post by: keith on March 24, 2019, 05:48:14 PM

Thanks Christine, had a look with a lens and it's not actually raised but 'cut' into the glass, needle etched then !  ;D ;D

Title: Re: Stuart tumblers question.
Post by: chopin-liszt on March 24, 2019, 07:06:01 PM

You can normally test for in-ies and out-ies on surfaces with the tip of a fingernail.
It either comes to a halt on something raised, or dips a little into something more intaglio. :)

The tip of a fingernail is also good for testing for age-related wear that cannot be seen on a tiny base ring.
(By "tiny base ring", I mean the actual bit of the base that makes contact with a surface. It doesn't always all make contact.)

Title: Re: Stuart tumblers question.
Post by: keith on March 24, 2019, 08:11:47 PM

I'll remember that,ta, in-ies and out-ies are types of belly buttons I thought !

Title: Re: Stuart tumblers question.
Post by: chopin-liszt on March 24, 2019, 08:34:11 PM

Words can be flexible. ;)

Title: Re: Stuart tumblers question.
Post by: Carolyn Preston on March 26, 2019, 04:08:09 PM

Hence their ability to deceive! :-)

Title: Re: Stuart tumblers question.
Post by: chopin-liszt on March 26, 2019, 04:59:06 PM

 ;D Well spotted.

Title: Re: Stuart tumblers question.
Post by: keith on March 26, 2019, 05:39:46 PM

All I need to know now is...who are Dolly, Lillian & Jack ? ;D ;D

Title: Re: Stuart tumblers question.
Post by: chopin-liszt on March 26, 2019, 05:54:17 PM

Dolly was a very famous sheep.
Lillian is my next-door neighbour and Jack was my parents' next-door neighbour.
sorted. 8)

Title: Re: Stuart tumblers question.
Post by: keith on March 27, 2019, 12:03:43 AM

 I can understand the neighbours but what would a sheep want with a tumbler ?  ::) ;D ;D

Title: Re: Stuart tumblers question.
Post by: chopin-liszt on March 27, 2019, 04:29:30 PM

Dolly was a bit "genetically modified". You never know what she might have been up to.  8)

Title: Re: Stuart tumblers question.
Post by: keith on March 27, 2019, 05:36:38 PM

Ok, I give up Dolly's tumbler it is !  ;D ;D