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Title: new glass bon bon dish picked up today unknown maker.....
Post by: thecatjh on April 05, 2015, 12:09:29 pm
Evening all from finally a sunny UK :)
Picked up this lovely deco bon bon dish today 4 inches tall - perfect condition - but not sure of maker - could be stolze or walther/shone but hoping someone here will know ?
Cheers
James
Title: Re: new glass bon bon dish picked up today unknown maker.....
Post by: mart on April 05, 2015, 12:52:02 pm
I am assuming there is nothing on the bottom ??  Can`t see the entire bird,, s it bird of paradise ??
Title: Re: new glass bon bon dish picked up today unknown maker.....
Post by: thecatjh on April 05, 2015, 12:57:11 pm
hi mart
the bird is not whole due to being at top but wing each side of that head in deco stepped format
I believe it to be a crane or swan but just a guess lol
no marks unfortunately :(
cheers
james
Title: Re: new glass bon bon dish picked up today unknown maker.....
Post by: mart on April 05, 2015, 04:44:19 pm
Must be a crane,,swans do not have crests as far as I know !!  Its a beauty of a dish !!  You are in the UK aren`t you ??
Title: Re: new glass bon bon dish picked up today unknown maker.....
Post by: KC on April 05, 2015, 05:35:07 pm
Looks like a phoenix to me! :)
Title: Re: new glass bon bon dish picked up today unknown maker.....
Post by: thecatjh on April 06, 2015, 07:24:53 am
Yes Mart i'm in UK unfortunately lol
Thanks KC could be Phoenix
Cheers
James
Title: Re: new glass bon bon dish picked up today unknown maker.....
Post by: KC on April 06, 2015, 11:42:19 am
The more I look at the features, it almost looks like a modern Asian theme...in which case I would have to say it could be the Fenghuang! 

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Title: Re: new glass bon bon dish picked up today unknown maker.....
Post by: mart on April 06, 2015, 05:53:38 pm
I did not find anything similar !!  I like it whatever it is !!
Title: Re: new glass bon bon dish picked up today unknown maker.....
Post by: thecatjh on April 07, 2015, 06:38:40 am
thanks KC - agree it probably is a phoenix, i believe 1930's-1940's due to shape and design especially to wings of bird and stepped metal stand
it is a lovely little bowl fingers crossed the UK market thinks so too lol
Title: Re: new glass bon bon dish picked up today unknown maker.....
Post by: mart on April 07, 2015, 08:46:03 am
Fingers and toes crossed for you !!  Good luck !!
Title: Re: new glass bon bon dish picked up today unknown maker.....
Post by: cogar on April 08, 2015, 04:36:25 am
If it wasn't so dark .... I would guess it to be Imperial's "Cathay" glass.  ??? ???
Title: Re: new glass bon bon dish picked up today unknown maker.....
Post by: thecatjh on April 08, 2015, 06:22:57 am
cogar that is not a bad shout - be nice if it was :)
Title: Re: new glass bon bon dish picked up today unknown maker.....
Post by: KC on April 08, 2015, 10:17:43 am
Is it frosted glass?
Title: Re: new glass bon bon dish picked up today unknown maker.....
Post by: thecatjh on April 08, 2015, 10:19:53 am
yep slight frosting
Title: Re: new glass bon bon dish picked up today unknown maker.....
Post by: cogar on April 08, 2015, 10:58:35 am
cogar that is not a bad shout - be nice if it was :)

One never knows "if" or "when" an .... odd, special, rare, prototype or pre-production ... piece of glassware will show up on a Garage Sale table.

I know from experience, being a resident of/near the locale where many of the older glass-producing companies were located.

The right quality, type and quantity of silica sand..... and cheap/free Natural Gas was like a "magnet" to the glass producers in the 19th and 20th Century. 

To wit:

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Over 450 companies and locations have produced hot glass since the first glass was produced in Wellsburg in the second decade of the 19th century.

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