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Unknown Etched Decanter and Glasses

26 Thursday Apr 2012

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I bought this decanter and the six glasses for $4.00 at a church bazaar in Orono.  They wouldn’t have caught my eye at all, except for the little clover etch.  I have absolutely no thoughts about the age, history, provenance, etc.  In fact…..I have often thought that they don’t belong with my other glasses on the shelf.

My daughter was home a few weeks ago and admired them.  I was gobsmacked!!!!!  However it did make me take a closer look.

The first thing I noticed was the incredible amount of dust covering all pieces.  I didn’t clean them before I took the photos, so you might notice the dust as well!  Oh well….too many pieces of glass, too little time.

Upon reflection I decided that these glasses weren’t hideous.  I think they will be fine for a summer beverage – Sangria anyone?  I’ve not used them yet….but am planning to use them at some point this summer

 

 

Unknown Etch

24 Tuesday Apr 2012

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This is an interesting etch.  I bought these ages ago online.  I had seen them and thought that it would be easy to identify the pattern.  Well….let me assure you that it hasn’t been as…..I still don’t know what it is.  The flowers look like asters, but searches under the names of various flowers have produced no results.

The stems are quite pretty.  I like the flare of the bowl and there is a very attractive optic.  The base is larger than usual which makes the glasses very stable.  They have a very pretty ring.

I am guessing that these glasses are imports.

I would really like to identify these stems and hope that someone else can shed some light.

Unknown Needle Etch Water/Wine Stem

21 Saturday Apr 2012

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There are so many needle etches and they are so difficult to identify.  This looks remarkably like Bryce Brothers Dowager’s Necklace pattern.  Lots of common elements, but the illustrations I have seen, do not match this etch 100%.

I wouldn’t be surprised to find that this is a Bryce etch.  In fact, I am going to call it that, in my mind.  Regardless, it was likely produced in the early twentieth century.

Although I am not much a fancier of the squiggly needle etches, I do like the shape of the blank.  There is a fairly wide optic, and a nice flare to the bowl.  I also like the ‘bally’ thing on the stem itself.  one of the squiggles kind of looks like the Lady Hamilton pattern of some of the Pall Mall glasses.

It would be nice to identify this for sure.  Ideas, anyone?