Topic: Langham or not??? - ID = L Zanetti

[rosieposie]

This seller has three pieces for sale on eBay at the moment......a little bird which I know not to be Langham, and two other pieces
listed as Langham but which I think may no be.

I asked for the signature to be shown and the seller has kindly done this for me.

The item is:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280570881414&ssPageName=ADME:X:AAQ:GB:1123

I was hoping someone could identify the signature as I feel certain it isn't Langham.

So once again, a plea for help from the acknowledged experts. :thud:

[Hourglass]

I'm not sure how Langham marked their other glass items but on their weights there is usually an impressed or I should describe it as embossed anogram of LG on the pontil. Latterly the pieces carried a paper label. I may be wrong but this is what I have found.

[Lustrousstone]

That's also in neodymium glass I think, so unlikely for Langham

[glassobsessed]

An impressed LG is usually Liskeard Glass: http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-1763 did Langham do something similar, if so can we have a photo please?

John

[ahremck]

Looking at the third photo it seems to me that the name is "Janette L" or perhaps "Monette L" - unfortunately I do not know anything about GB glass artists so I can not even guess a name.

Ross

[rosieposie]

Firstly, I just want to say thank you for all the help that is coming through.... :kissy:

LG is Liskeard Glass so you are correct there John.

I did let the seller know these were Neodymium glass and not iridescent, and as you say, not a usual for Langham.

I collect Langham in bucketfulls, and the base is either blank, or has Langham England acid etched on the base.  Much older pieces have the Langham Glass Blower logo acid etched to the base.
Langham labels are sometimes present if they haven't got worn or washed off and are of the glassblower on a black rectangle and a Union Flag.

The only artist signed pieces I have seen are those of Paul Miller ( Of which I am an avid collector). His signature takes two forms.....the older more deliberate writing....quite childish to look at, and the more up to date gentle script.....flowing and often difficult to see as it is very lightly written.

So I feel I really do know my Langham Glass and would love to know if anyone out there knows who made these....I TRULY don't think they are British glass....I would guess Murano or Scandinavian....please  help???

[Lustrousstone]

The duck and the dog both look Murano-ish. I suggest the sigs are previous owners

[Hourglass]

My sincere apollogy, I was confusing the issue. LG anogram embossed on pontil is Liskeard glass and not Langham. Langham were marked on the base with an engraved name and later ones I believe had a stuck on label, or were all labelled as well as engraved?

[TxSilver]

The duck sig looks like Zanetti L -- Licio Zanetti. It looks like Zanetti's work, too.

A few minutes later: I checked again to make sure. Definitely Zanetti.

[TxSilver]

I checked the dog. It also looks like Licio Zanetti. I read that about the dog sig being posted to the duck. That's likely to confuse some people. I don't know who did the tweety bird. I've seen them a lot, but haven't paid much attention to them. They're cute, but I don't think one could consider them a masterpiece.