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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: Ph on April 20, 2019, 09:39:51 PM
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Good evening,
I'd like to share this vase that I discovered in a glass job I bought in an auction this week for staggering £25. It is 18cm tall and has citron and amethyst overlay that is intricately engraved with 2 different birds at each side and flowers. Colour combination is stunning. It is difficult to photograph to show it all. Thought I might fill it with milk to actually see everything 😂😂😂 but with Easter Sunday coming up and shops closed, not sure if my family would appreciate it 😂. Is this Stevens & Williams and possibly Joshua Hodgetts? Many thanks for your thoughts! Petra
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Photos of the base..
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Certainly has the quality of his work, I'll have a look through my books to see if there is anything similar, fantastic piece ;D ;D
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Yayy, thank you 😁
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Lovely. Is the under layer uranium glass?
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wow what a find for that price :D
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Very lucky, I didn't know what I was bidding on really...I was after the wine glasses mainly and didn't even notice the vase as the auctioneer photo was so poor (see attached 😉)... just thought it all looked too good not to bid even though I haven't checked the lot properly. I only started hopping with delight the following day when I collected it all. Still don't understand why I was the only bidder on it..😃
The yellow layer is not uranium unfortunately. It was the first thing I checked tho 😁.
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What a lovely vase, looks very much like it could be Stevens and Williams.
Maybe worth an email to Will Farmer from Fieldings Auctions as they have all the pattern books for Stevens and Williams.
I was very lucky this year to buy a set of six Stevens and Williams wine glasses an with the help of Fieldings now have a pattern number ,date of 1915 and been valued at around £5000. They were bought from an antique center for not a great deal more than your lot at auction.
Well done.
Roy
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ooh the vase and the glasses are both gorgeous.
I didn't know Fieldings had the S&W pattern books :o
did they buy them?
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Wow Roy, well done you! Stunning set of glasses. I will contact Fieldings, thank you, great idea. 😊😊😊
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I didn't expect it to be uranium but wanted to rule out VSL, as burgundy over uranium is one of their combos
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Unfortunately not uranium, that was a first thing I checked when I got it home 😉
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Sorry to be dumb...?VSL ??? Thank you 😉
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Ooh Val st Lambert.... Just looked, sorry🤣🤣
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http://lustrousstone.co.uk/cpg/displayimage.php?pid=2696 Burgundy over uranium
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Beautiful 😊
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Wouldn't the yellow be S&W citron?
Can't check right now but had a quick look last night in Hajdamach and I'm sure one was colour over what they called Citron.
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I think it is, that's what I read anyway...
I've emailed Will Farmer so I guess we will find out soon hopefully.
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Just an update on the vase above, I have finally shown it to Will Farmer and he confirmed it is from
Stevens & Williams, dating around 1915, likely engraved by John Orchard. Also told me it would have been an expensive vase to buy at that time, costing about 2 guineas then, equivalent to about £2000 now, which is what his top estimate was. Nice to know it kept its value 😁. It's a definite keeper 😁. Petra
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Lovely piece what a keeper only go up in value in my view :)
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Hi Petra.
Sorry if I'm late but I have only just found this post. I see you have followed others advice and contacted Will Farmer a dear friend who I help with Identifying S&W cased intaglio glass, including Roy's glasses. I have the S&W pattern books not Will. Your vase, you will be pleased to know, is Stevens & Williams, decorated by Joshua Hodgetts in 1922 when it sold for 35/6. The colour is amethyst on citron on flint. I have been collecting for many years and together with my wife Pat, founded and ran the National Glass Fair until 2010. Now my knowledge is being recorded on my website antiquestourbridgeglass.com (http://antiquestourbridgeglass.co.uk/) which, as well as having many fantastic pictures, has galleries of patterns books linked to the different styles of glass. Dilwyn.
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Hi Dilwyn, oh my goodness! Here I am reading your reply almost 3 years later! Thanks so much for the information, it's just so brilliant to know, how fascinating, I will for sure check out your website! I'm a lucky girl. You made my day. All the best, Petra 🙂