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Title: Unknown Known - Threaded Diamond Trailed Chance Brothers Glass
Post by: Geoff TSA on February 18, 2020, 11:48:37 PM

This 5.25" / 135 mm flint bowl has a trailed diamond pattern, and is signed on the base with the "Chance" logo in trailed glass; all very impressive.
I can find no reference to work of this style and quality from what was primarily a fairly industrial concern.
Anyone know what is going on here?   

Title: Re: Unknown Known - Threaded Diamond Trailed Chance Brothers Glass
Post by: Anne on February 19, 2020, 01:59:46 AM

Hi Geoff, welcome to the board. The pattern is called Gossamer and it dates from 1951. The author of the Chance Glass books, David P Encill, has a website here you might find of interest. http://chanceglass.net/pages_pressed/index.html

Title: Re: Unknown Known - Threaded Diamond Trailed Chance Brothers Glass
Post by: Lustrousstone on February 19, 2020, 07:24:11 AM

Chance made a whole load of domestic glass, including pressed glass like this, oven to table ware and slumped glass Here is my not a collection http://www.lustrousstone.co.uk/cpg/thumbnails.php?search=Chance&submit=search&album=search&title=on&newer_than=&caption=on&older_than=&keywords=on&type=AND

Title: Re: Unknown Known - Threaded Diamond Trailed Chance Brothers Glass
Post by: Geoff TSA on February 19, 2020, 07:56:36 AM

Thank you both very much, very interesting, I was impressed by this technique; I had assumed it was "hand" made, but the accuracy and volume of a "range" makes this impractical, and odd in a pressed glass object; so, the "threading" was moulded. Rookie mistake.
I need a better magnifier, and I have 2 new books on my wanted list, [I've bought five this week already].
Thanks.