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<p>[QUOTE="UncleChuckTX, post: 386631, member: 154"]You might look into Blenko. They made canister sets and other pieces with rolled rims and cork (and wood) stoppers in the 1970s. I've never seen any of them in person. And looking at the catalog photos available, the glass doesn't appear to be textured. But I found an example on Worthpoint claiming to be Blenko, and the glass was textured.</p><p><br /></p><p>Blenko catalog site: <a href="http://www.blenkoproject.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.blenkoproject.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.blenkoproject.org/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The first canister set and cork-stoppered items start showing up around 1972, but with smooth-appearing glass and non-rolled rims. Rolled-rim large items start showing up around 1974, and then rolled-rim canisters in 1977 (in the Blue Top Mountain Glass line). But you'll notice by then the listed sizes of the canisters are larger than yours. The other thing is that several of those catalog scans have missing pages, and cut-out areas.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I think it's possible yours is Blenko, but I can't be certain. Hope this doesn't send you on a wild goose chase.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="UncleChuckTX, post: 386631, member: 154"]You might look into Blenko. They made canister sets and other pieces with rolled rims and cork (and wood) stoppers in the 1970s. I've never seen any of them in person. And looking at the catalog photos available, the glass doesn't appear to be textured. But I found an example on Worthpoint claiming to be Blenko, and the glass was textured. Blenko catalog site: [URL]http://www.blenkoproject.org/[/URL] The first canister set and cork-stoppered items start showing up around 1972, but with smooth-appearing glass and non-rolled rims. Rolled-rim large items start showing up around 1974, and then rolled-rim canisters in 1977 (in the Blue Top Mountain Glass line). But you'll notice by then the listed sizes of the canisters are larger than yours. The other thing is that several of those catalog scans have missing pages, and cut-out areas. So, I think it's possible yours is Blenko, but I can't be certain. Hope this doesn't send you on a wild goose chase.[/QUOTE]
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