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<p>[QUOTE="Miscstuff, post: 2513611, member: 1331"]These were listed at the auction as "Eleven early 19th century cut decorated edged fruit plates" and getting bored waiting for the "House of Commons" bookends I spent a whopping $20 on them. Soon found out why nobody else bid as they were all chipped to some degree but I thought it could be interesting to see what made the auctioneers think they were early 19th century. The cut/ground decorations seem to all have been by hand as there are significant dimensional differences on all the cuts around the plate. The thickness varies from 2.5mm to 3.5mm from side to side and there are quite deep scratches on the bottom that would seem to indicate a soft type of glass used. Some design genius thought it would be a good idea to cut three grooves in the middle of each outside pattern and do it at an angle sharp enough to be a scalpel if needed. You really have to be careful picking these up as there clearly wasn't any occupational, health and safety considerations when these were made. I would be interested to hear from the glass experts about the validity of the"early 19th century" description.</p><p>Data 18cm dia, 2.5cm High, 0.26Kg</p><p>Cheers</p><p>Stephen</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]268056[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]268057[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]268058[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]268059[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Miscstuff, post: 2513611, member: 1331"]These were listed at the auction as "Eleven early 19th century cut decorated edged fruit plates" and getting bored waiting for the "House of Commons" bookends I spent a whopping $20 on them. Soon found out why nobody else bid as they were all chipped to some degree but I thought it could be interesting to see what made the auctioneers think they were early 19th century. The cut/ground decorations seem to all have been by hand as there are significant dimensional differences on all the cuts around the plate. The thickness varies from 2.5mm to 3.5mm from side to side and there are quite deep scratches on the bottom that would seem to indicate a soft type of glass used. Some design genius thought it would be a good idea to cut three grooves in the middle of each outside pattern and do it at an angle sharp enough to be a scalpel if needed. You really have to be careful picking these up as there clearly wasn't any occupational, health and safety considerations when these were made. I would be interested to hear from the glass experts about the validity of the"early 19th century" description. Data 18cm dia, 2.5cm High, 0.26Kg Cheers Stephen [ATTACH=full]268056[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]268057[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]268058[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]268059[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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