Topic: Love in a golden bowl

[chilternhills]

Firstly, Julian Cole is female. A brief bio is here: https://www.juliancoleengraving.com/about.html

There is a similar bowl to mine but in blue with different lettering here: https://www.gge.org.uk/memberdirectory/view/42

In another bio, Julian Cole says she attended glass blowing courses at the High Wycombe College of Glass and Ceramics: https://www.ocg.co.uk/member/julian-cole/

[flying free]

Yes I did mention that in a previous post chilternhills.

But hopefully now you can contact the engraver and ask who made the actual glass as well.

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[chilternhills]

You did indeed previously mention those things. Thank you. My thought was to add the web links to make it clear where they came from.

I have just been informed that the bowl was made by Bob Crooks, while the engraving was done by Julian Cole.

As for lettering on glass, I personally quite like it. The museum has a couple of bowls by Karlin Rushbrooke with quotes from poetry on them, sandblasted rather than engraved. He created quite interesting effects by overlapping the text round the bowl and using a fluid font.

[flying free]

Thanks for updating us  
As an aside, huge fan of Karlin Rushbrooke here - have a number of pieces in my collection.

Anyway just to add for info on the GMB

Bob Crooks firstglass

Biog here:

https://www.bobcrooks.com/biography.html

[chilternhills]

I have looked at the signature again and it says First Glass. I would have struggled to decipher it without that pointer.

I managed to speak with Julian Cole on the phone and she confirmed the bowl was made by Bob Crooks. She has been retired for quite a while. The last update on her web site is dated 2012.