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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: NevB on July 12, 2019, 01:51:35 PM
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Can anyone identify this, it has the same colour as some Bagley pieces plus the hexagonal finial is of similar design to those on their barrels. It is approx. 61/2" tall and 6" wide.
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Anyone else having trouble editing their posts? The edit icon has disappeared and been replaced by the quote icon. NevB
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It's not for biscuits. It's looks more like a powder bowl and the pattern looks like it could be David, though I can't find a David bowl like this or even any very clear David pictures
PS the modify button is there for me but you only have an hour to do it
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Thanks Lustrousstone, I did think it might be a powder bowl but thought not because it would take an awful lot of powder. From the 4th edition Bagley book P52. the david pattern would seem to fit but as you say it's not very clear and the pots are much smaller with no finials.
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Having Googled Bagley David Pattern I've found some photos on the Wakefield Council Museums Collection website of a David pattern biscuit barrel which matches the design on my pot, but the finial seems to have been taken from the Empress pattern which is also shown. I'm still not sure about the purpose of my one.
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Powder was sold loose and the bowls were often dsigned to hold a big fluffy powder puff too
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The powder puffs were quite big enough to sew on to the back of a pair of frilly knickers to make a fluffy bunny tail when dressing up little girls, when I was small.
I had one. ;D
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I know little of such things! ::)
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It was for a "Babes in the Wood" school play. Perfectly innocent.
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I've not been able to modify my first post so I thought I'd re-post this with some better photos. I've pictured it next to a 3" Featherstone pattern pot for scale. It appears to be a David 2231-2 pattern pot but with a finial taken from an Empress pattern biscuit barrel ( Bagley Glass book 4th. edition p.41).
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If you don't mind, I'll ask a moderator to add this to your original post. It's best we keep discussion of one item in one thread. It doesn't matter that the better pics are later on in it.
An internet search for "vintage down powder puff" will bring up plenty of images of how big the puffs were - although they often have dolls stuck through them. ;D
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That's fine, I seem to recall tv comedy sketches with big powder puffs and powder going everywhere!
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Them's the ones. ;)
Perfectly big enough to fill your pot, on top of the loose powder.