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In This Issue:
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Website updates
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Fairs report
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The 'Everest' Ashtray
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Cloud Glass on Ebay
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The early years of George Davidson & Co. Ltd
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Reports from the Pottery Gazette
Cloud
Glass Website
Only
a few minor updates to the site this month. I have been preparing the rest of
the Davidson Catalogue, which I hope to include over the next few months.
Antique
Fairs
Despite
the wind and rain I managed to get to the Swinderby Antique fair which occurs
the weekend before the massive Newark fair. This proved to be an excellent
fair for unusual Cloud Glass and Davidson pieces. The first unusual piece was
an Octagonal Purple Cloud bowl. Despite being sold with a Davidson Flower Dome
and Plinth I do not believe it to be by Davidson. It is not an attractive
piece, and I cannot decide who made it. The second unusual Cloud Glass piece
was a pair of green Cloud Glass Candlesticks. I bought them thinking they were
from the 330 Trinket set. It was not until I got home that I realised they
were different. Firstly the top of the candlestick was round, unlike the 330
which has three flat and three curved edges. Secondly the 330 candlesticks
have a small step on the base of the raised moulding and these do not.
Finally these candlesticks have a neck towards the top, whereas the 330
candlesticks do not. I do not
know who made these candlesticks. Both items will be appearing on the ‘Cloud
Glass of Unknown Origin’ page shortly.
For
non-Cloud Glass I found a wonderful 7.5” 269/12 Amberina bowl. This is only
the second piece of Davidson Amberina I have come across; the other was a 283
bowl. This is a really attractive piece. Deep ruby red at the base and a
wonderful golden yellow at the rim. To round off the day I discovered an old
1910 pattern flint salad bowl with the registered design number showing
faintly in the base. The 1910 pattern has a simple elegance when seen in plain
flint glass.
Talking
of the 1910 pattern, a Blue Cloud Glass 1910BD bowl has recently gone through
Ebay, which had the Registered design number in the base. This was the first
1910 Cloud Glass piece that I have ever seen with a registered design number.
It caused a lot of interest on Ebay.
The
Everest Ashtray
When
I last updated the site, I added a new ashtray to the Davidson ashtray page.
This ‘Everest’ ashtray has a patent number on the base ‘887277’ (the
first two numbers are not clearly moulded). This patent number does not appear
to be English!! I have tried looking for every possible combination, but
cannot find it in the Patent records. So where was this ashtray patented?
Interestingly Jobling sold a similar looking ashtray that they also claimed
was patented. Another mystery.
Cloud
Glass on Ebay
The
table below lists the items that were auctioned on Ebay in January. In
interpreting the table please note the following:
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I have only included items which are available to the UK
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Sale prices are in pounds sterling. A sale price of zero denotes the item did not have any bids or failed to reach the reserve price.
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Identification is based on the photographs and descriptions given. I cannot guarantee my interpretation is 100% accurate.
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The table has been sorted by item type and colour
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‘Complete’ applies to Flower sets and trinket sets and denotes whether the set was complete
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No regard has been made as to condition
|
Description |
Colour |
Complete |
Sale
Price |
EbayItemNo |
End
Date |
Source
Country |
Comment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mixed
lot inc violet tray |
|
No |
£513.04 |
1319270954 |
14/01/2002 |
AUS |
Mixed
lot inc violet tray |
|
Unknown |
Amber |
No |
£18.75 |
1323674168 |
22/01/2002 |
UK |
No
picture |
|
Top
part of Saturn lamp |
Amber |
No |
£38.97 |
1319429123 |
14/01/2002 |
UK |
Top
part of Saturn lamp |
|
3.5”
dome + 5.5” plinth |
Blue |
No |
£18.74 |
1325899065 |
29/01/2002 |
UK |
3.5
dome + 5.5 plinth |
|
279
- 6" Vase |
Amber |
No |
£27.24 |
1324315606 |
29/01/2002 |
AUS |
|
|
279
- 6" Vase |
Blue |
No |
£43.14 |
1319814138 |
15/01/2002 |
UK |
|
|
279
- 6" Vase |
Green |
No |
£43.14 |
1319581513 |
15/01/2002 |
NZ |
|
|
279
- 8" Vase |
Amber |
No |
£0.00 |
1503870312 |
25/01/2002 |
UK |
|
|
279
- 8" Vase |
Blue |
No |
£58.00 |
1324851088 |
27/01/2002 |
UK |
|
|
279
- 8" Vase |
Orange |
No |
£33.94 |
1325753406 |
31/01/2002 |
NZ |
|
|
279
- 8" Vase |
Orange |
No |
£181.00 |
1326660416 |
31/01/2002 |
AUS |
|
|
1910
MD Flower Set |
Amber |
No |
£5.50 |
1320201404 |
16/01/2002 |
UK |
Not
Sure. No Flower Support or Plinth |
|
1910
MD Flower Set |
Amber |
No |
£24.35 |
1322437150 |
15/01/2002 |
UK |
No
Flower Support |
|
1910
MD Flower Set |
Amber |
No |
£21.41 |
1315654426 |
04/01/2002 |
UK |
No
Flower Support |
|
1910
MD Flower Set |
Blue |
No |
£24.84 |
1319195243 |
14/01/2002 |
CAN |
No
Flower Support or Plinth |
|
1910
SD Flower Set |
Amber |
No |
£0.00 |
1325900946 |
29/01/2002 |
UK |
No
Flower Support |
|
No
1 Vase |
Amber |
No |
£18.23 |
1321437009 |
22/01/2002 |
UK |
|
|
21
Flower Set |
Topaz-Briar |
No |
£32.01 |
1319814560 |
15/01/2002 |
UK |
No
Flower Support or Plinth |
|
20
Flower Set |
Purple/Amethyst |
No |
£17.51 |
1323285251 |
23/01/2002 |
UK |
No
Flower Support or plinth |
|
1910
BD Flower Set |
Amber |
Yes |
£17.67 |
1325660639 |
29/01/2002 |
AUS |
|
|
1910
BD Flower Set |
Amber |
Yes |
£19.09 |
1324283319 |
26/01/2002 |