Pitcher and Glass set

Stoest

I'm trying to find out more information and value of this glass pitcher and two glass set. It's been in my family for a while and I need to figure out what to do with it. I don't really have any information on it other than a card in the bottom of the pitcher which says "Wedding Gift to Mamie _____ April 12, 1894.

The decoration on the glass which looks like wheat to me appear to be many small balls of glass that are fused onto the outside of the glass. The metal used for the holder is very soft and may be silver, I'm not sure. I've never tried to clean it as I'm worried about damaging it.

I can't find any marks on either the glass or the base that would help identify it. I don't see any seams but the glasses have indents near the center on the bottom that look to me more hand made than machine but that's just my very uneducated guess.

I don't even know what to call this as I try to search the internet so finding anything similar has been fruitless so far.

Chris

Hi

Thanks for posting this.

I got a little help and with that am able to point you in a *possible* direction for this piece. Possible.

I should first say that my gut reaction on first seeing this was: Bohemian. That is decorative glass from eastern Europe which was imported to the US in great quantities in the late 19th and early 20th c. The base could be pot metal but let's hope for better. I cannot tell from your pictures.

The suggestion to me was "Coraline" - a decoration meant to mimic coral. I realize the decoration on your piece is more grass-like.

Take a look at the examples on this page which reference Mt. Washington and Pairpoint glass (two US manufacturers)

http://www.cmog.org/collection/exhibitions/mt-washington-and-pairpoint

Note at the bottom that "much Coraline was exported to the US from Bohemia and Britain" Perhaps the crafts person who made this went off in his own artistic direction.

This is worth some further research or an appraisal. Do let me know what you find out!

Stoest

Chris, thank you so much for the information. That's more than I've been able to find so far so it's greatly appreciated.

With your information I was able to find the following item in which the pattern closely resembles the pattern on my piece. It does have a yellow background as opposed to the blue. The seller included some information including attributing it to a specific maker, Thomas Webb of England and the time period on their piece matches the note in mine. Continued searching for Thomas Web Coralene Wheat Glass didn't find anything that was as close as this piece, nothing else with the wheat pattern.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VICTORIAN-ERA-YELLOW-SATIN-ART-GLASS-CORALENE-VASE-Wheat-Decoration-c-1880-039-s-/130627226390?hash=item1e69fd4b16&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&nma=true&si=jzF21qJDOWn0sWHsRunc1IBb92w%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

I also thought I'd include a more close up picture of the beads since you can't see that very well in the pictures I included earlier.

I'll continue to search around and see what else I can find, although there's probably no way to attribute it to a specific artist without a mark or signature somewhere.

Thanks again.

Chris

Well here is another item on ebay which has a very close wheat-like pattern:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-T-Webb-Antique-MOP-Plus-Sign-In-A-Diamond-Coralene-Rose-Bowl-Footed/262562570032