Tall does it again. Nice piece.
I'd like to point out that the leaves are etched, not engraved. Just for accuracy's sake. Great job on getting it clean.
UV reaction is to cadmium, can't explain why not on the side, thuogh.
Yes, the handle (at the top) is exactly like that.
I'd opine that it's more cat than armadillo.
The decoration is reminiscent of Moser's wares from the 1920's on.
Eggerman was making these wares in the last half of the 19th century in Bohemia. May still be doing so.
When glass is made, there are chemicals put in it to mask the color of other chemicals. One of these chemicals is a compound containing Manganese....
We use our white Corningware daily, every meal. We bought it all at household auctions in the early '80s, dirt cheap. The inherited Spode Beverly...
Yes, Imperial bought out Central's factory about 1939, Made several/many of their odd pieces, don't thing they made any pattern goods. I'd date...
Central Glass Co., Wheeling, WV., made a basket with a salt and pepper in the pockets, also made that color about the same time. ca. 1885. see if...
I've seen that engraved gilt ware attributed to St Louis (San Louie) No documentation.
Uranium Glass? Probably not. this is a chrome green, (made with chrome chemicals.
Yes, not "Depression Glass." Possibly "Elegant made during the Depression period", possibly Bohemian, "Made in the Boh Valley/District of Eastern...
The gold tracery is reminiscent of Harrach.
I remember being asked about this one perhaps a dozen years ago, didn't know then either.
And yours may be cut glass not pressed. Hard to tell without hands on.
The decoration is engraved, done by a skilled engraver. Etchings are done by stencil, no comparison in quality. But, in this case, it doesn't add...
These may have been made in a mold, but the were hand finished, no two exactly alike.
Opalescence is made possible by adding bone ash to the glass. Some chemical in that , when the glass, fresh from the mold, subject to a blast of...
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