Topic: Old bit of purple slag glass marked to base any ideas???

[BRADBURY7308]

An old pot with four feet curiously two are not the same height as the oposite two so its slightly wonky if you like?? It measures 4" tall 4.5" rim and 3.75 foot approx the base has what i think might be a mark it is a circle with smaller circles in side it getting smaller into the middle. The pot has decoration of what appears to be acorns and other foliage just wiondered if the circles might give away a maker??
thankyou daniel.

[mhgcgolfclub]

I think it may be Davidson

Roy

[BRADBURY7308]

Thanks roy much appreciated i bought it today from the local boot sale with a similar goblet nice to ba able to search a little more dan

[chopin-liszt]

I like the gobletty thing.
Have you looked carefully inside the pieces, on the bottom?

I've got a fabby fish jug in purple slag glass (thank you DavidE. ) - it's full of metal staples holding it together, making it doubly fascinating.
On th bottom, inside it, I can just about make out a diamond shaped mark, with a large R in the middle. The corners are marked out into sections with curves and there is a semi-circular shape on the top.
The section on the left has an "L" in it, there's the number 24 in the top inside bit, and I cannot make out what is in any of the other sections.

[jazimmons]

Hi Dan, the only factory mark which comes to mind is that of Alfredo Barbini, of Italy. c1952, however this concentric-cirlular factory mark is usualy acid-etched. Your vase does not "appear" to be of English design, but then again Davidson could be your area of search, so as to at least discount them? It may not altogether be a factory/makers mark, in that the legs of your vase are as you say slightly wonky.  The leg-sagging could have been caused whilst annealing the vase and the central "mark" being from the vases' annealing ovens' "supporting pillar?" Something to think about perhaps? Jazz.

[Lustrousstone]

These are most likely English and Victorian. Edward Moore, Sowerby, Greener and Davidson are among those who made marbled glass in a wide range of colours, and sometimes in moulds bought from other manufacturers. Check the inside with your fingertips, they may be marked.

The rings are likely from the mould and are just that, rings.

Wonky is part of the charm of old pressed glass.

[Anne]

Sorry Jazz, Barbini is a total red herring here methinks... this is most likely English Victorian pressed glass as Christine says.

[keith]

I think wonky is a good description of this type of glass....

[jazimmons]

Anne . . .  Christine . . . & . . . Lustrous... Me-inks you also as as being right. An English piece at second glances, but as for the factory mark I have not a clue except for what I said from my own records. Jazz

[BRADBURY7308]

Thanks folks there is not much information about slag glass online as far as differing patterns from the various makers, I gave the items a good wash sadly no marks anywhere i guess its just one of those things thanks very much I will update if i turn up any more information ie these pieces.