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Item Description Date Added Cutting House Pattern
Item 1 Sweet Pea Vase/Comport - 8" in diameter 12/5/05 UNKNOWN Brilliant 
Item 2 Berry Bowl - 8" in diameter 12/5/05 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 3 Berry Bowl - 8" in diameter 12/5/05 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 4 Berry Bowl - 8" in diameter 12/5/05 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 5 Sweet Pea Vase - 8" in diameter, 5" tall 12/5/05 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 6 Berry Bowl - 9" in diameter 12/5/05 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 7 Decanter, Ring Necked, 13 1/2" tall (top of stopper) 12/5/05 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 8 Vase Corset Shape - 8" 12/5/05 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 9 Horseradish Jar 4" 12/5/05 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 10 Hock Wine, 8" tall, Amethyst cut to clear 12/5/05 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 11 Vase - 12" Tall 12/5/05 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 12 Vase - 15 1/2" tall 12/5/05 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 13 Acorn Bowl 5" 1/10/06 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 14 Plate, Square - 8" 1/10/06 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 15 Compote 7" Tall from Marshall Field 1/10/06 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 16 Plate 6", intricately cut 1/10/06 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 18 Pitcher/Jug  8" tall, 6 1/4" wide at bottom 7/6/06 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 19 Mayonnaise Set 7/7/06 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 20 Nappy 7" 7/11/06 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 21 Mayonnaise 5" 7/15/06 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 22 Bowl 8" 7/15/06 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 23 Banana Bowl 6" x 10 3/4" 7/15/06 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 24 Tumblers 3 3/4" by 3 1/8" 7/16/06 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 25 Jewel Box 7 1/2" x 5" 7/16/06 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 26 Trumpet Vase  10" 7/19/06 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 27 Bowl 9" 7/22/06 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 28 Invalid Pitcher 6" tall 2 3/4" at base 7/22/06 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 29 Trumpet Vase 12" tall, 4 1/2" base, 5 1/2" top 7/24/06 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 30 Square Plate - 7" 7/27/06 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 31 Hawkes Square Bowl/ Plate 8/1/06 Hawkes UNKNOWN
Item 32 Plate/Bowl 13 1/4" 8/1/06 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 33 Pitcher 7" Tall, 4 3/8" Bottom, 4" Top 8/1/06 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 34 Decanter Ruby cut to Clear - Dorflinger Blank 8/1/06 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 38 Footed Decanter Cranberry 8/12/06 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 40 9" x 4" Bowl 8/31/06 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 41 9" x 4" Bowl #2 8/31/06 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 43 Creamer 8/31/06 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 45 10" Multi Motif Bowl 9/1/06 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 47 Tub - 5" Green Cut to Clear 9/2/06 Dorflinger?? Heavy Flute
Item 49 Berry Bowl from Missouri 9/2/06 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Item 50 Berry Bowl 8" x 3 1/2"  9/2/06 Straus - Likely UNKNOWN

 

Gallery of Unknowns Page 2 - Latest Additions

 

Item 1                                                                                                                                                   Top of Page

Sweet Pea Vase/Comport - 8" in diameter

Identification Status

Cutting House: UNKNOWN    Pattern: Brilliant - Higgins and Seiter

Input

  1. Shown in the LABAC Cycle 7 Higgins and Seiter Catalog No. 14 Supplement pp.6 as a 'Comport or Sweet Pea Vase'. 

  2. No cutting house identified.

  3. Higgins and Seiter pattern name: 'Brilliant'.

 
 

Item 2                                                                                                                                                    Top of Page

Berry Bowl - 8" in diameter

Identification Status

Cutting House: UNKNOWN    Pattern: UNKNOWN

Input

  1. Hobstars resemble Bergen 'Electric'. Double crosscut areas resemble Pairpoint 'Madison'. 

  2. Overall looks somewhat like Pairpoint Inca. But then again...

 
 

Item 3                                                                                                                                                    Top of Page

Berry Bowl - 8" in diameter

Identification Status

Cutting House: UNKNOWN    Pattern: UNKNOWN

Input

  1. Libbey Star-in-Circle blank. Similar to some Clark patterns, but would Clark use a Libbey blank?

 
 

Item 4                                                                                                                                                    Top of Page

Berry Bowl - 8" in diameter

Identification Status

Cutting House: UNKNOWN    Pattern: UNKNOWN

Input

  1. Rim and pattern resemble Sinclaire piece shown in Boggess "Collecting..." C 729

 

Item 5                                                                                                                                                    Top of Page

Sweet Pea Vase - 8" in diameter, 5" tall

Identification Status

Cutting House: UNKNOWN    Pattern: UNKNOWN

Input

  1. Possible Pairpoint blank?

 

Item 6                                                                                                                                                    Top of Page

Berry Bowl - 9" in diameter

Identification Status

Cutting House: UNKNOWN    Pattern: UNKNOWN

Input

  1. Looks something like Hawkes Brazilian or Straus Venetian, even a little like Libbey Jewel, but significantly different than all of these.

 

Item 7                                                                                                                                                    Top of Page

Decanter, Ring Necked, 13 1/2" tall (top of stopper)

Identification Status

Cutting House: UNKNOWN    Pattern: UNKNOWN

Input

  1. Blank seen in LABAC P&B Advertisements PIT-20

  2. Blank also seen in ACGA Unger Catalog 

 

Item 8                                                                                                                                                    Top of Page

Vase Corset Shape - 8"

Identification Status

Cutting House: UNKNOWN    Pattern: UNKNOWN

Input

  1. Similar to some P&B patterns.

 

Item 9                                                                                                                                                    Top of Page

Horseradish Jar 4"

Identification Status

Cutting House: UNKNOWN    Pattern: UNKNOWN

Input

  1. Bergen? P&B?

 

 

Item 10                                                                                                                                                    Top of Page

Hock Wine, 8" tall, Amethyst cut to clear

Identification Status

Cutting House: UNKNOWN    Pattern: UNKNOWN

Input

  1. Blank seen in Sinclaire, Spillman 'Complete...' fig 644 in Shotton section

  2. Star on bottom similar to Hawkes, Dorflinger with long/short points 

  3. The picture in Sinclaire/Spillman appears to have a similar star.

  4. Cutting looks more like VSL.

  5. Suggested as more likely St Louis due to shape and base.

 

 

Item 11                                                                                                                                                    Top of Page

Vase - 12" Tall

Identification Status

Cutting House: UNKNOWN    Pattern: UNKNOWN

Input

  1. Similar to P&B patterns, but not quite... note cane areas

 

 

Item 12                                                                                                                                                    Top of Page

Vase - 15 1/2" tall

Identification Status

Cutting House: UNKNOWN    Pattern: UNKNOWN

Input

  1. Suspect top has been re-cut

 

 

Item 13                                                                                                                                                    Top of Page

Acorn Bowl 5"

Identification Status

Cutting House: UNKNOWN    Pattern: UNKNOWN

Input

  1. Nicely cut - suggested as possible WC Anderson - no evidence so far

 

Item 14                                                                                                                                                    Top of Page

Plate, Square - 8"

Identification Status

Cutting House: UNKNOWN    Pattern: UNKNOWN

Input

  1. Hoare?? Pairpoint??

 

Item 15                                                                                                                                                    Top of Page

Compote 7" Tall from Marshall Field

Identification Status

Cutting House: UNKNOWN    Pattern: UNKNOWN

Input

  1. Found in LABAC Cycle 8 Marshall Field (distributor, not cutting house) book pp 345 dated Dec 18, 1905.

  2. Note distinctive star on foot.

 

Item 16                                                                                                                                                    Top of Page

Plate 6", intricately cut

Identification Status

Cutting House: UNKNOWN    Pattern: UNKNOWN

Input

  1. Very ornate cutting, blown blank. Looks Libbeyish, but Hobstar centers look like Fry. ????????

  2. Note also 4 uncut hob hobstars.

  3. Same pattern 10" plate was seen on ebay last year.

  4. Not WCA per Bill Evans, Leigh Emmerson.

 

Item 18                                                                                                                                                    Top of Page

Pitcher/Jug  8" tall, 6 1/4" wide at bottom

Identification Status

Cutting House: UNKNOWN    Pattern: UNKNOWN

Input

  1. Gorgeous pitcher/jug with an unusual shape.

  2. Blank seen in ACGA Hoare Teal catalog p23. Also in the LABAC Union Glass Co. blank book.

  3. "Christmas star" motif seen more frequently in patterns by Hoare, P&B, Unger, Maple City, Fry.

 

Item 19                                                                                                                                                    Top of Page

Mayonnaise Set

Identification Status

Cutting House: UNKNOWN    Pattern: UNKNOWN

Input

  1. Mayonnaise Bowl and matching plate

  2. Very similar to Pairpoint Wyona on p. PAI 100 in the LABAC Ad books, but not quite a match.

  3. Also similar to Mt Washington Wisteria in 1898 catalog.

 

Item 20                                                                                                                                                    Top of Page

Nappy - 7"

Identification Status

Cutting House: UNKNOWN    Pattern: UNKNOWN

Input

  1. 7" diagonally, 2 1/4" tall

  2. Old style fan rim

  3. Blank pictured on p99 of the 2003 ACGA Hawkes Catalog reprint.

 

Item 21                                                                                                                                                    Top of Page

Mayonnaise 5"

Identification Status

Cutting House: UNKNOWN    Pattern: UNKNOWN

Input

  1. Very similar to P&B "Standard Grade" in Evers "Cut Glass..." p69

  2. Difference in crosshatch areas - hobnail in Evers

 

Item 22                                                                                                                                                    Top of Page

Bowl 8"

Identification Status

Cutting House: UNKNOWN    Pattern: UNKNOWN

Input

  1. Fry??

 

Item 23                                                                                                                                                 Top of Page

Banana Bowl 6" x 10 3/4"

Identification Status

Cutting House: UNKNOWN    Pattern: UNKNOWN

Input

  1.  

 

Item 24                                                                                                                                                    Top of Page

Tumblers 3 3/4" by 3 1/8"

Identification Status

Cutting House: UNKNOWN    Pattern: UNKNOWN

Input

  1. Rayed, 24-point on bottom; excellent blanks; deeply-cut & well-polished w/8-motif design

  2. See all three pictures

  3. Koh-i-noor Empress (p 16 of catalog) is extremely similar - has Hobstar hexad instead of single hobstar and S/D in place of fan in 5-point motif.

 

 Item 25                                                                                                                                                Top of Page

Jewel Box 7 1/2" x 5"

Identification Status

Cutting House: UNKNOWN    Pattern: UNKNOWN

Input

  1. Sterling silver lift-off lid by Dominick & Haff, NY, NY

  2. See all 4 pictures

 

Item 26                                                                                                                                                 Top of Page

Trumpet Vase  10"

Identification Status

Cutting House: UNKNOWN    Pattern: UNKNOWN

Input

  1. Pinwheels, Cane, Crosshatch

  2. 24 point rayed star bottom

  3. Notched miter stem

 

Item 27                                                                                                                                                 Top of Page

Bowl  9"

Identification Status

Cutting House: UNKNOWN    Pattern: UNKNOWN

Input

  1. Double crosscut in a "V" shape - unusual

  2.  

 

Item 28                                                                                                                                                 Top of Page

Invalid Pitcher 6" tall 2 3/4" at base

Identification Status

Cutting House: UNKNOWN    Pattern: UNKNOWN

Input

  1. Unusual size/shape.

  2.  

 

Item 29                                                                                                                                                 Top of Page

Trumpet Vase 12" tall, 4 1/2" base, 5 1/2" top

Identification Status

Cutting House: UNKNOWN    Pattern: UNKNOWN

Input

  1. Combination of Hobstar and Pinwheel, notched prism

  2. Similar to Bergen Bedford, except for the pinwheels on the base

 

Item 30                                                                                                                                                 Top of Page

Square Plate - 7"

Identification Status

Cutting House: UNKNOWN    Pattern: UNKNOWN

Input

  1. This is a very unusual piece of American Brilliant cut glass.  

  2. It measures 7-inches from side to side and stands 1 1/4-inches tall; the clear, colorless blank is square with rounded sides.  

  3. The rim features scallops with seven teeth separated by half-rounds with notched edges.  

  4. The plate is very heavy for its size, is deeply cut and entirely wheel-polished to a mirror-like perfection.

  5. Rim similar to Item 4 above and

  6. Straus Imperial and Quaker City Melton are similar patterns.

  7. Similar blank used by Straus, P&B, Quaker City.

 

Item 31                                                                                                                                                 Top of Page

Hawkes Square Bowl

Identification Status

Cutting House: Hawkes Pattern: UNKNOWN

Input

  1. Gorgeous Bowl signed Hawkes

  2. Note U rim notches

  3. Similar to Chrysanthemum 

  4. Shown in Swan fig 295, unidentified

  5. Can anyone put a name to this great pattern?

  6. VERY similar to - but different than - Hawkes Cairo shown in figure 8-47 of Spillman - "The American Cut Glass Industry"

 

Item 32                                        &nb