Topic: Pickle Jars

[Simba]

Feeling very luck...found a pair of very well marked pickle jars today RD 253067 dated June 7th 1871 by Percival, Vickers & Co lids and jars are all marked.

[Paul S.]

good find Angela  -  the pattern mimics cut glass very well I think.............   I have one of these, and without damage, but it's always better to have a good pair.            Oddly, the only pair of pickles I ever found were in uranium - pity they didn't do these things in more colours  - all we need now is to find a pale bluey green one from about 1830.               Do you collect only those with Rd. Nos. and lozenges?  -  if you pick up every one you find there is a tendency to sink beneath a mountain of different designs, and most aren't identifiable.

P.S.   it appears I may not have added the National Archive picture for this design  -  will try to locate and post shortly.

have now attached the Kew archive picture showing the original drawing submitted for the design of Rd. 253067 for P.V., which as you can see is the pressed pattern only, rather than the pickle itself.          Had a quick look but can't see this on Neil's site  -  am sure I've missed it - can't imagine he  hasn't shown this one.       There may have been other shapes with this design, but not sure at the moment.

[Simba]

Lol ...no just pick up ones that take my fancy... and this pair were in such good condition  and very clear lozenge marks...I am already sinking under a mountain of glass haha I would love to find some coloured ones all mine are clear.

[Paul S.]

trust you'll forgive another picture Angela  -  I'm still practising my photography using Dirk's suggestions.

[Simba]

great picture...what were Dirks suggestions ??

[Anne]

See here, Angela: http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,62864.0.html - loads of fab info about photographing glass.

[Paul S.]

both lozenges on this pickle are difficult to photograph - one is at the bottom of the inside of the body, and the other is inside the topmost part of the stopper, and since my talents don't extend to the one in the body, it had to be a picture of the inside of the stopper.
Guess you could shoot the stopper lozenge from outside, but then you'd get a mirror image, and since the lozenge is in relief on the inside - it works best using a lens/loupe to bump up the size.

The end result is enhanced vastly by Dirk's set-up, with the light diffused by the opal acrylic, and as one or two folk have said you can then adjust the appearance further with Picasa and Irfanview.

If you do buy some 3mm acrylic don't buy too big a piece  -  the wider it is the more difficult to bend - am sure that 24 - 28 inches (60 - 70 cms.) is adequate - BUT you will need a heat gun.