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Author Topic: Royal Brierley ribbed decanter and glasses, for show.  (Read 2944 times)

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Offline keith

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Royal Brierley ribbed decanter and glasses, for show.
« on: March 04, 2020, 03:33:18 PM »
Marked 'Royal Brierley, England' 8 inches tall with 4 glasses, 3 inches tall, the decanter has a small polished pontil mark with some wear, the colour is what I'd like to think as being 'Keith Murray green' can't find this in any of his designs though  ::) ;D 1930s maybe ?  ;D ;D
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Re: Royal Brierley ribbed decanter and glasses, for show.
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2020, 03:53:46 PM »
It looks perfect for keeping Linda's Chutney in.  ;D
Nice wide top, fitting lid, and a beautiful thing to put on the table and serve from.

But seriously, is there a specific purpose to there being two lips? Are they to place a stirring rod in to act as a dam while pouring stuff but keeping lumps back; is it possibly a cocktail shaker rather than a decanter?
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Re: Royal Brierley ribbed decanter and glasses, for show.
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2020, 04:25:05 PM »
very nice piece Keith  -  congrats.  -  and I too would have assumed a shaker in view of the opposing pouring lips.         Is the stopper a really good fit - and have you tried the u.v. torch?

Looking in Hajdamach, generally, the Murray greens that he shows look less bright than your piece - they're more of a dull dark green.
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Re: Royal Brierley ribbed decanter and glasses, for show.
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2020, 06:18:04 PM »
Linda's chutney can stay where it is  :o it's good but it's not going in this  ;D ;D, think decanter is probably wrong as you both say more likely to be a shaker. The lips are covered by the stopper so no room for a stirring rod. The stopper is a perfect fit Paul and the green is darker, had to use a flash which made it look brighter, doubt it's uv reactive but I'll have a look  ;D ;D
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Re: Royal Brierley ribbed decanter and glasses, for show.
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2020, 06:38:44 PM »
The rod would only be placed there when it's been opened for pouring, after a shoogle of the contents with the lid in.  ;D
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Re: Royal Brierley ribbed decanter and glasses, for show.
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2020, 06:41:18 PM »
Got it  ;D it's uranium glass !  ;D ;D
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Re: Royal Brierley ribbed decanter and glasses, for show.
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2020, 07:18:42 PM »
see  -  I thought so ;D   it gave me just that little twinkle of brightness.  ;D                Having looked at several related type pix, I think the answer to the rod/stirrer question is that those deco sorts would have had a separate open topped container in which they mixed and stirred the concoction, using the rod, then poured the stuff into your shaker thingy from which it was poured into drinking glasses  -  I think. :)

sorry - what's a shoogle please :)
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Re: Royal Brierley ribbed decanter and glasses, for show.
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2020, 07:30:20 PM »
Shoogling is somewhere inbetween stirring and shaking. Not as violent as a shake; but a bit more than a stir.
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Re: Royal Brierley ribbed decanter and glasses, for show.
« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2020, 08:48:00 PM »
I was going to ask that  ::) this is the actual colour, bit blurry  ::) ;D ;D
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Re: Royal Brierley ribbed decanter and glasses, for show.
« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2020, 09:01:10 PM »
hmmmm   -  now it doesn't look uraniumeeee    -   more Murray ish. ;D
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