Topic: Uranium....impressed Sunflower on pontil ?

[Simba]

Found this in a charity shop today, it glows beautifully under uv and has what appears to be a Sunflower impressed into the pontil, any ideas on a maker please ?

[keith]

A number of 'Stourbridge' factories used marks like this, also Walsh,B'ham, so unless someone recognises it that's the best I can do, 

[Simba]

Thanks Keith thats a good starting point

[Simba]

Should have added that the feet have been finely ground flat...see pic and a better pic of the pontil seal ....measures 9cms high and 19cms wide

[Gowdod]

Dear Angela/Simba,

I have a similar embossed mark on the bottom of my S&W Mat Su Noke piece below. So possibly Stevens and Williams?

Kind Regards

Andrew

[brucebanner]

I like how crazy Victorian glass is and now is the time to buy the prices are rock bottom, love that green vase is it uranium?.

[Gowdod]

Dear Chris,

I've never tried and my UV light is broken.

I'll get another, give it a go and let you know.

It is a fantastic colour combo.

Kind Regards

Andrew

[flying free]

I believe(possibly from memory from Bernard's posts? ) that the gadget that impressed the prunt mark was  sometimes bought 'off the shelf' so more than one maker might have used a similar prunt mark.
So it might be that all elements of design need to be taken into account to try and obtain an id of a specific maker.

Love both pieces on the thread

m

[Simba]

thanks Andrew, that's the first one by S & W I have seen with a similar mark....feeling more positive about an ID now...love your green one too !! Thanks for the additional info Flying Free 

[flying free]

sorry I don't see the similarity with the prunt on the pontil mark of Andrew's piece 
apart from the fact they both have an impressed mark on the pontil mark (or over the pontil mark).  This occurs on quite a few pieces I've seen.
I have two.
m