Help with my candy dish, I think it is a candy dish?

Discussion in 'Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain' started by CookiesCollectibles, Apr 8, 2020.

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I believe this to be pressed glass. However the weight speaks crystal, any answers wb appreciated

Poll closed Apr 10, 2020.
  1. Pressed glass

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  2. Crystal

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  3. Cut glass

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  1. CookiesCollectibles

    CookiesCollectibles Active Member

  2. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    Most likely W. German glass from the 1970s. Could be later.
    Yes lead crystal.
     
  3. CookiesCollectibles

    CookiesCollectibles Active Member

    But I'm also curious, if it is a candy dish and the maker? If anyone has that info?
     
  4. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    Size would help with what it is. Could also be a covered sugar.
     
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  5. CookiesCollectibles

    CookiesCollectibles Active Member

    True, I should know better?
    Thanks for the reminder.
     
  6. janetpjohn

    janetpjohn Well-Known Member

    You could try an image search, but you need a straight on shot from the side against a plain background so you don't get a bunch of lace and whatnot in your results. I can't see the base in your picture.
     
  7. CookiesCollectibles

    CookiesCollectibles Active Member

    The Bottom of the bowl is @4" long
    The top with the finial is @7" tall
    The whole thing top to bottom is @10¾" at @ 20" at the middle around
     
    Last edited: Apr 8, 2020
  8. CookiesCollectibles

    CookiesCollectibles Active Member

    Thank you, I do have more but they are too large to upload. Maybe e will try to make the pics smaller?
     
    Last edited: Apr 8, 2020
  9. CookiesCollectibles

    CookiesCollectibles Active Member

  10. KikoBlueEyes

    KikoBlueEyes Well-Known Member

    Most new members have problems with this, but you will work it out. The simplest explanation is to email them to yourself as medium, save and then upload them. For more detailed explanations, here are a couple of useful threads based on the type of phone:

    https://www.antiquers.com/threads/resizing-photos-on-i-phone.35097/

    https://www.antiquers.com/threads/using-an-android-phone-for-pics-on-antiquers.41709/
     
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  11. George Nesmith

    George Nesmith Well-Known Member

    It is a covered bowl use it for what you want to. The maker likely did not designate and does not care.
     
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  12. Darkwing Manor

    Darkwing Manor Well-Known Member

    Glass manufacturing and decorating is chemically complex and fascinating! But I'm confused by your classification system of cut, pressed OR crystal. Any glass can be cut, pressed, etched, dip-molded, blown, etc, and refers to methods of manipulating the decoration, either hot or cold. The modern term "crystal" refers to the chemical make-up of the glass itself, i.e. the amount of lead added to the hot batch. All "crystal" is glass, but not all glass is "crystal". Lead makes for more clarity, easier to decorate, generally with a higher mass and reflective index. Having said that, what you have there is a pressed and wax-resist(?) decorated , lidded bowl, probably with a lead content much less than 24%. If I were cataloging it, the Lexicon name would be candy-dish, lidded.
     
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  13. KikoBlueEyes

    KikoBlueEyes Well-Known Member

    Very nice explanation. Thank you for this!
     
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  14. Darkwing Manor

    Darkwing Manor Well-Known Member

    Thank you. I occasionally have an accidentally savant moment.
     
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  15. TallCakes

    TallCakes Well-Known Member

  16. Cherryhill

    Cherryhill Well-Known Member

    Not to make a big deal of it, but the piece has the appearance of pressed glass, surface ground to give the appearance of frosted.

    In the US, glass without color is called crystal, the name of the color. The lead content doesn't enter in to the name. Once all glass was flint, high in lead content. eventually, after 1864 and the development of soda lime glass, flint meant colorless glass. Today colorless is crystal.
     
  17. KikoBlueEyes

    KikoBlueEyes Well-Known Member

    Great explanation for us who don’t know what to look for and who don’t understand the terms. Thank you for sharing
     
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