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Title: Pitcher?
Post by: Rod on February 16, 2013, 05:13:05 pm
Try this.  Hope it works.  Any ideas??
Title: Re: Pitcher?
Post by: bigwull on February 16, 2013, 05:16:55 pm
there was no need to create another topic as you,ve already...got one below...it just confuses things...
Title: Re: Pitcher?
Post by: Rod on February 16, 2013, 05:18:45 pm
there was no need to create another topic as you,ve already...got one below...it just confuses things...
Thank you.  If I had known what I was doing, I wouldn't have started a new thread.
Title: Re: Pitcher?
Post by: Buddie11 on February 16, 2013, 05:25:51 pm
From what I quickly found G.B.U means god bless you.
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Post by: bigwull on February 16, 2013, 05:28:07 pm
we,ve all been there...its like coming in through the out door...which can be dangerous if someones coming out as you,re going in....it just leads to confusion...which will be my Epitaph... ;D...now...if you can give me the names of the 2 Rock albums that i,m talking about...there,s nowt wrong wi you.... ;D
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Post by: bigwull on February 16, 2013, 05:31:47 pm
From what I quickly found G.B.U means god bless you.
or..Guided Bomb Unit.....
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Post by: Buddie11 on February 16, 2013, 05:47:56 pm
Who is that question intended for?
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Post by: bigwull on February 16, 2013, 05:51:15 pm
Who is that question intended for?
anyone who thinks he/she knows what i,m talking about....ghopper will know...he,s the beez kneez when it comes to my rock ramblings.... ;D
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Post by: Buddie11 on February 16, 2013, 05:59:45 pm
Led zeppelin 1 and in through the outdoor. Anymore classic rock questions?
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Post by: bigwull on February 16, 2013, 06:03:11 pm
Led zeppelin 1 and in through the outdoor. Anymore classic rock questions?
you only got it half right..what about the other one.... ;D...or do you need a clue......
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Post by: Buddie11 on February 16, 2013, 06:15:37 pm
Dazed and confused was on zep 1,you have me a little stumped,games not over!
Title: Re: Pitcher?
Post by: bigwull on February 16, 2013, 06:27:11 pm
Dazed and confused was on zep 1,you have me a little stumped,games not over!
i,ll give you a clue...this band stole the show at a Rolling Stones concert in Hyde Park in 1969....and if you have,nt listened to them..then i suggest you do...especially..if you,ve taken a mind altering..substance ....and here,s the final clue...which is a dead giveaway....
Title: Re: Pitcher?
Post by: mart on February 16, 2013, 06:54:00 pm
Can you take a pic of the bottom of the pitcher,,Please !!  This appears to be an award type pitcher that was given !!
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Post by: bigwull on February 16, 2013, 07:04:49 pm
I may be wrong...but this screams...Masonic to me....
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Post by: Buddie11 on February 16, 2013, 07:15:38 pm
My first thought was pink Floyd ,but I'll go grateful dead.
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Post by: bigwull on February 16, 2013, 07:48:38 pm
My first thought was pink Floyd ,but I'll go grateful dead.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoo....the Album is...In the Court of the Crimson King..by King Crimson...they were Progressive Rock pioneers...and their opening track from this album..will blow you away...21st Century Schidzoid Man.....listen to it here...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujIbpt-CCTY
 then listen to ..in the Court of the Crimson King....the lyrics are awesome...I first heard them when i was 20...that was 42 years ago..and i still listen to them every other week...and here is a pic of a tobacco box that i made 30 odd years ago...its a little tin box covered in matchsticks..then i got an artist friend to draw the album cover on it..he only used felt tip pens...
Title: Re: Pitcher?
Post by: mart on February 16, 2013, 08:32:57 pm
Pretty sure your pitcher is from Dallas Baptist University !!  Colors are red white and blue !! Perhaps what looks like black is dark blue ??   Colors were black and gold and I think that started in 1968 and changed to red, white and blue in 1980 !!
This is probably a commemorative piece that he was given by the school !!  It is likely from somewhere around those dates !!  Might tell age if we could see whats on the bottom !!  May have a mfr`s mark !!
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Post by: Buddie11 on February 16, 2013, 10:05:08 pm
Such a Canadian boy,April wine did a great version of that song,and don't forget the prince of darkness on your side of the pond,bigwull. In 69 I was -7 years old! Very cool smoke tin.
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Post by: ghopper1924 on February 17, 2013, 09:48:51 am
I think Mart nailed the pitcher.

As far as King Crimson goes (R.I.P. btw, but only recently), the song is, of course, "Epitaph." I think "Confusion" would be good for alot of epitaphs around here..... ;D

Great album cover. I think it was the only one ever done by Barry Goodber, who freakishly died right after it came out.
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Post by: Rod on February 17, 2013, 12:37:08 pm
Pretty sure your pitcher is from Dallas Baptist University !!  Colors are red white and blue !! Perhaps what looks like black is dark blue ??   Colors were black and gold and I think that started in 1968 and changed to red, white and blue in 1980 !!
This is probably a commemorative piece that he was given by the school !!  It is likely from somewhere around those dates !!  Might tell age if we could see whats on the bottom !!  May have a mfr`s mark !!
Doubt it.  This was my grandparents and they had it LONG before 1969,  probably got it before 1929.
Title: Re: Pitcher?
Post by: Rod on February 17, 2013, 12:38:27 pm
Can you take a pic of the bottom of the pitcher,,Please !!  This appears to be an award type pitcher that was given !!
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there is nothing on the bottom except the raised diamond shape pattern that is on the outside of the pitcher.
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Post by: Rauville on February 17, 2013, 03:26:59 pm
From the GBU website:

WHO IS GBU?

GBU Financial Life (GBU) was founded as an ethnic German fraternal organization on April 13, 1892, by German immigrants who settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Originally named the Deutscher Unterstuetzungs-Bund or German Beneficial Union, the purpose of the society was to provide financial security, fraternalism and social activities to its members.


The pattern is "Diamond with Peg" by Jefferson Glass Company I believe.
http://www.mainelyglass.com/jefferson-diamond-with-peg-custard-glass-pitcher-tumblers (http://www.mainelyglass.com/jefferson-diamond-with-peg-custard-glass-pitcher-tumblers)
Title: Re: Pitcher?
Post by: mart on February 17, 2013, 04:48:42 pm
Excellent Rauville !!  I would have sworn that it looked like a school logo !!  Been pruning fruit trees today so haven`t had time to look for anything else !!  Should have asked what area the person was in !!  Not everyone lives in Texas I guess !!
Title: Re: Pitcher?
Post by: Rod on February 22, 2013, 03:43:10 pm
From the GBU website:

WHO IS GBU?

GBU Financial Life (GBU) was founded as an ethnic German fraternal organization on April 13, 1892, by German immigrants who settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Originally named the Deutscher Unterstuetzungs-Bund or German Beneficial Union, the purpose of the society was to provide financial security, fraternalism and social activities to its members.


The pattern is "Diamond with Peg" by Jefferson Glass Company I believe.
http://www.mainelyglass.com/jefferson-diamond-with-peg-custard-glass-pitcher-tumblers (http://www.mainelyglass.com/jefferson-diamond-with-peg-custard-glass-pitcher-tumblers)

Thank you!!!  My grandparents were from the Pittsburg area and my grandfather was of German descent.  That must be it.  Now I just have to figure out how he got it and why!  Thanks again.