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Title: Davidson? Burtles/Tate? Sowerby? vaseline dish
Post by: mrvaselineglass on February 08, 2007, 12:12:17 AM

Hi all
I just got this in the mail and I believe it to be made by one of the companies in the Stourbridge region of England during the early 1900's.  I have never been able to find any reference to it, however.  The seller was waaaaay off base, calling it contemporary Gibson glass from the USA.  Here is a link to the completed auction.  Any help is appreciated.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190077291496 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190077291496)

Dave
aka: Mr. Vaseline Glass

Title: Re: Davidson? Burtles/Tate? Sowerby? vaseline dish
Post by: Bernard C on February 08, 2007, 10:33:45 AM

Dave — As it is so distinctive I am sure that I would have remembered it, had I ever seen one.   So, as I an sure that I have never seen one, it is probably not British.

Also the base star is not typical of any of the larger British pressed glassworks, whose base stars were much more accurate copies of cut base stars.   We were discussing Jacobean by Davidson and Inwald recently, and the base star is one way of telling them apart.   Your base star is more Inwald than Davidson.

Bernard C.  8)