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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => British & Irish Glass => Topic started by: Levold on October 25, 2022, 08:33:07 PM

Title: Red glass Basket weave plate - ID = Sowerby.
Post by: Levold on October 25, 2022, 08:33:07 PM

Hello.  Could I get information on this item?  It is 21.5cm diameter
Thank you.

Title: Re: Red glass Basket weave plate .
Post by: keith on October 25, 2022, 10:51:36 PM

It looks like the Sowerby pattern but I've never seen it in that colour before, maybe reproduction ?

Title: Re: Red glass Basket weave plate .
Post by: Levold on October 25, 2022, 11:26:19 PM

http://www.victorianpressedglass.com/sowerby_coloured_glass.htm (http://www.victorianpressedglass.com/sowerby_coloured_glass.htm) has a similar item but with a stand?    I have found fragments of one this colour from a settlement that burnt down in the 1930s.

Title: Re: Red glass Basket weave plate .
Post by: NevB on October 26, 2022, 07:47:44 AM

It certainly looks like Sowerby, I posted the green one below recently. Yours might have the Sowerby peacock mark on the back but not all did. Your photo is a bit small and one of the back would be useful. victorianpressedglass is Mike Tomlin's (MHT) site and he may well see your post and comment.

http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,72244.0.html

   

Title: Re: Red glass Basket weave plate .
Post by: MHT on October 26, 2022, 01:42:57 PM

Thank you Nev, yes it is a Sowerby plate in a colour commonly known as Rubine. As Nev says, there may be a Sowerby mark on the back, although not all were marked.
The plate and stand shown on my site are separate items, the plate is sitting on the stand. This design was made from the late 1870's until possibly the 1930's in a number of colours including carnival. I don't think this pattern ever appeared in any of the known pattern books. The only other Sowerby glass I have seen in this colour dates from around 1910 so maybe this plate was made around this time.

Mike

Title: Re: Red glass Basket weave plate .
Post by: Levold on October 26, 2022, 07:55:33 PM

Thank you everyone.   No there is nothing on the back.

Title: Re: Red glass Basket weave plate .
Post by: createdbear on October 29, 2022, 12:15:26 AM

I had a pair of these (rubine), both with the stand. I intended to sell them both on eBay. I listed one and it did appallingly. I didn't list the second one, I kept it. Mine had the Sowerby mark. Rather attractive.

Title: Re: Red glass Basket weave plate .
Post by: mhgcgolfclub on October 29, 2022, 02:12:38 AM

Sowerby rubine glass deep red made from 1882