Its a great controlled bubble weight. Not uncommon, 'most any good weight maker could have done it.
Or salt dips. Did butter come in 'pats' in the 19th century?
Good catch, I'd forgotten the difference.
McKee had a pattern they called Vulcan that resembled this, but it was pressed glass. . This is mid century non-Murano Italian.
End of Day was a term invented by unscrupulous sellers who tried to convince buyers that the piece was a whimsy, made by workers at the end of...
Not "End of Day." It's threaded (horizontal colors) then marvered, to make them flush with the surface, then a hook is pulled through them...
I do not believe the marks have any relationship to the date of production. It may have been blown in a non-commercial mold, with patches or plugs...
Hmmm... Nouveau means New in English, I'd have thought it was French. I have to agree, its new glass. I hadn't known someone had adopted it as a...
Not to contradict the above but to note the optic. There seems to be a wide optic "ribbing" inside the pitcher, this puts is a notch or two above...
I'm afraid that unless you can find what the maker called it, naming it Opaline or Opaloid or Clambroth is going to be an exercise in...
Bohemian, ca. 1900, once called "Bristol" note the foot form, it's very common to the type of glass. Hand painted, the orange 'vines' once had...
I would have shaken him too.
I'm going to guess, not part of a known pattern.
I concur, George.
IMHO, target balls had a surface covered with little bumps or grooves so that shot would not slip off. I believe the above is a fire extinguisher...
Until about 10 years ago, that type of glass was called "Bristol" on this side of the pond. Maybe 15 years (they go by so fast any more). We've...
It's a goblet, not a cup. Most cups don't have stems, do have handles. Gentle reminder, not scolding.
These are very definitely bohemian, ca. 1900. The form and color are found in catalogs from the period. The catalogs are from wholesalers,...
Its not something that would have been reproduced. Production could have had two versions, one more costly.
Its called "Bottoms UP." Don't know when the name was applied.
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