Topic: Molineaux Webb - early pressed glass candlesticks

[Lustrousstone]

Here is a link to my Regina 493
http://lustrousstone.co.uk/cpg/displayimage.php?pid=921
And I have just picked up a 498, also in canary flint, though it isn't quite as acidy yellow. Pics to follow

[Lustrousstone]

Here is the 498 in canary flint

[neilh]

Found in an antique shop in Bath today, 493 Regina candlestick, 8 inches tall, first one known in plain flint, weighs a ton - yippee!

[Paul S.]

Congratulations Neil  -  lovely find           ............  but I'm unsure why the expression 'canary flint' is used  -  I know of course what each word implies, but doesn't that make for a contradiction of terms?     Were flints used instead of sand for these pieces, and isn't the word flint confined to describing clear glass - but then only if made using flints?

[neilh]

I always thought it was an American term.

It's explained here:
http://www.justglass.com/documents/articles/reyne/canary.html

[flying free]

ooh that's beautiful Neil.  So if it's heavy, would it be lead crystal?  I'm just thinking about the 'becher' question.

and what date are we talking for these?  Christine I absolutely love that colour - it's fabulous.
m

[Paul S.]

thanks Neil - am sure your understanding is correct - perhaps we might wish it had stayed there - unfortunate how some misleading phrases and expressions rub off and spread around.

P.S.   never mind, only a few more ink wells to go

[neilh]

ff, I would say the date for these candlesticks is 1850s

[mhgcgolfclub]

Hi Neil

I found this pair of Molineaux Regina uranium glass candlesticks yesterday.

Condition is pretty good a couple of chips to rim and a slight fracture

Height 8.5" and weight for the pair 2.25kg.

Roy

[mhgcgolfclub]

A pair of the No 494 Florentine candlesticks in canary flint.

Height 5.5"
Weight for the pair 1150gm

Roy