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Offline Lustrousstone

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Elfish conumdrum!
« on: July 01, 2008, 05:36:32 PM »
I would have said this was a Bagley Elf posy in the largest size, except this one doesn't speak English. It's from Belgium.  :o Does anyone have a large one to count the ripples on? I only have the small size  :huh:

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Re: Elfish conundrum!
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2008, 08:10:49 AM »
Wow. Well spotted!  :clap:

According to Bowey, Parsons & Parsons, Bagley Glass, p. 131, "Other companies made similar posy vases but the Bagley one can be recognised by its wavy ridges on the outside underneath the wide rim." In the pictures on the same page, the ripples go right to the edge, and the height of the wave (peak to trough) under the rim seems to be greater than on the Belgian one. (The Bagley one seems to have more ripples as well).

I had no idea that the lookalikes were so similar. Without the mark, it would have fooled me for sure, and I'll have to go back and check what I thought was my Bagley elf.

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Re: Elfish conumdrum!
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2008, 11:24:50 AM »
I have emailed Debbie and hopefully she will post a picture here. The ripples on both posies are on the outside. I kind of assumed that the "other posy vases" meant mushroom shaped ones like the Jobling spotty one

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Re: Elfish conumdrum!
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2008, 12:48:50 PM »
Yeah, me too - I'm sure Angela can help, but she's pretty busy at the moment. If no-one else can find one by tomorrow a.m. my time I'll dig mine out, post pics and count rings. Thanks for emailing Debbie!

(I hope the pelican really is Bagley!)

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Re: Elfish conumdrum!
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2008, 03:15:23 PM »
hi i have one on ebay item number 350073192959 
 
the only photo i have otherwise is the glowy one . i will try and put it on here now

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Re: Elfish conumdrum!
« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2008, 05:49:41 PM »
Thanks Debbie, can you put that nice side view on as well please

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Re: Elfish conumdrum!
« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2008, 07:45:23 AM »
sorry i have deleted them all from the pc ,and posy is packed and sealed . unless my hubby can perhaps cut an paste from auctiva or ebay .debbie

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Re: Elfish conumdrum!
« Reply #7 on: July 03, 2008, 11:32:55 AM »
I can do that if it is OK with you, it's an interesting lookalike situation

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Re: Elfish conumdrum!
« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2008, 11:56:47 AM »
yeds thats fine, i also thought this was bagley until i spotted the base , debbie

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Re: Elfish conumdrum!
« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2008, 04:49:56 PM »
Here's the side view with Debbie's permission

 

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