Topic: Glass Newbie needs help

[spyder]

Yes I am a glass newbie. I recently inherited some old glass and I cannot find any information on any of them. There are no tags on any of these pieces. I have included some pics of the items below. I would really appreciate any help I can get.

[Carolyn Preston]

Okay, I'll state the obvious (to those of us to have been here a while) and let those who know something work on the glass.  :24:

1. It's easier if you post each item in a separate post so that when they get identified, the identifications don't get mixed up and are easier to find.

2. Those who know what they are doing will want to see pictures of the bottom. They can tell things about the glass that way. Don't ask me how.


That being said, OMG, those are flipping gorgeous.  :chky: I particularly like the first and third. Welcome to the board, we love new people!

Carolyn

[spyder]

 :clap:t At least I was honst.....Any ideas? I will post the pics of the bottoms tomorrow.

[Anne]

Hi and welcome to the board. As Carolyn says, we prefer separate topics for each item, so could you repost each one singly please and add pics of bases and dimensions of each as well, that gives us something to work on.

Thanks.

(I *love* that first one!!!)  :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[Cathy B]

Hi Spyder, and welcome to the board!

I'm a carnival glass novice as well, and so am reduced to hunting through David Doty's page for matches to patterns. Your first piece appears to be a Dugan bowl in the pattern Stippled Petals, in enamelled peach opal.

David Doty's site is a good compendium of patterns, but if you really want to learn about carnival glass then you should visit Glen Thistlewood's site, and perhaps get hold of her recently updated book Carnival Glass: The Magic and The Mystery.

I can't help with your other two, other than to say that the grape design isn't one of those listed on Mr Doty's site (sometimes it is useful for finding pressed glass patterns as well).

[spyder]

Thank you for the information. Does this mean that the top piece is from the early 1900's? I will hope someone will help with the other two pieces. I will post the pics of the bottom in a few. The bottom pice looks like a candle holder, The bottom of the brass pedestal has a number 15.

[spyder]

Here are the pics of the bottoms.

this ones size is 9 1/2" diameter x 5 1/4" tall.


this one is 5" diameter x 4 1/4" tall. the brass pedestals only marking is a #15 on the inside bottom.