2 GERMAN MARY GREGORY BANDED PYRAMID STEM GREEN MOLD BLOWN GLASSES BOY & GIRL


2 GERMAN MARY GREGORY BANDED PYRAMID STEM GREEN MOLD BLOWN GLASSES BOY & GIRL

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2 GERMAN MARY GREGORY BANDED PYRAMID STEM GREEN MOLD BLOWN GLASSES BOY & GIRL:
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A PAIR OF2 MARY GREGORY, BANDED PYRAMID STEM, GREEN MOLD BLOWN GLASSES,

PORTAYING A BOY & GIRL OUTSIDE WITH BIRDS.

GERMAN MADE WITH EXQUISITE STEMS, HAND-PAINTED - LAYERED DEFINITION.

THEY MEASURE 5 1/2\" TALL X 3\" IN DIAMETER AT THE BASE.

THE SWIRL STEMS ARE VERY ATTRACTIVE,

THEY ARE FINISHED OFF WITH GOLD RIMS.

NO DAMAGE, EXCELLENT CONDITION.

VERY EASY TO LOOK AT!

The popular tale that started in the 1920’s, was that Mary Gregory was a glass decorator who worked for the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company in Sandwich, Massachusetts in the late 19thcentury, from 1880 to 1884.It appears her job was to decorateGone with the Windstyle lamps., but nothing involved children.In fact, she died in 1908, and extensive research revealed that the decoration known as “Mary Gregory” was not produced in this country prior 1957.

Painted Cameo, Poor Man’s Cameo, Quarkmanl (white people) or Curd Statuettes (white enamel painting of people)

White enameled glass originated in Europe, and was not sold on the American market until long after Gregory retired from the glass decorating business.White enameled glass, especially those with hair, faces and hands painted in color originated from Europe. It is now known to have started in the mid 19thcentury and it was extensively exported to England and the United States well into the 20thcentury.

The Bor Region (Haida in German) was the hub of the glass decorating industry. One thing the industry was depended on was timber to fuel their furnaces. When the supply was exhausted, the glass makers would move to a new location. The decorators of Haida were different, they preferred to stay in one place (Bor Region). Glass from all factories was shipped to Bor to be decorated. Several thousand decorators worked in small shops or at home, each specializing in their style.

Almost all of the “Mary Gregory” glass that was produced in Europe was made at the Hahn Factory at Gablonz (Bohemia). The factories in other regions of Bohemia also produced this type of glass, even the highly regarded factory of Moser at Karisbad. There is no evidence of ‘Mary Gregory’ glass originating in England.

The two major glass schools (Kamenicky Senov (founded 1856) and Novy Bor (founded in 1870) taught all versions of designs and the art of painting on glass.Prior to 1918, in the southern and western sections of Bohemia, decorators concentrating on flowers, birds, and Rococo motifs were found. But the area around Bor was the place the Quarkmanl was painted. Why? No other decorators knew how to do the style.

This type of glass was well received in the Great Exhibition (the Crystal Palace Exhibition) in Hyde Park (London) of 1851 and the 1853 New York Exhibition.

It appears that most of the collection came from the Muhlhaus Company.Julius Muhlhaus erected a modern glass refinery in Haida (Novy Bor) and in 1872, he was granted the right to incorporate the coveted imperial eagle on his seal. (#2666 presentation piece). Muhlhaus brought high quality glass blanks from glass makers (ie. Harrach).

Carl Hosch also established a firm encompassed glass refining, manufacturing and exporting. From 1868 it was located in Haida (Novy Bor). It purchased glass from local glass factories and painted it in a large factory or contracted with individual painters for specific designs (perhaps like #4637).

This means the pieces collected by my Grandmother, both the pieces collected by her family in 1880-1904, wedding presents in 1905 and their trips were from Europe. The detail on these older pieces is very fine compared to the later pieces generated in 1920’s and beyond. Those that belong to the family prior to 1910 are marked.

The earlier pieces will have a light feel since they were mouth blown into a mold. They will usually a pontil mark on the base, although these may be ground down.Machine molded like the pieces produced by Westmoreland in 1950’s until 1985 when the company went out of business.

The older pieces will have the enamel work painted in several delicate layers with greater intricacy of detail than the newer pieces. This requires multiple firings. The figure is oddly old-fashioned in its presentation and the enamel is fired onto the glass (1829-1900’s) once, twice or more to create the depth. The Victorian children are dressed in their Sunday best and are portrayed as playing games, holding a ball, or holding a staff of wheat, branch or leaves. Sometimes, they are playing a trumpet or blowing bubbles. The trees and foliage often have a typical ‘feathered’ look.

The value is also affected by the colour of the glass, which is by most collectors (less expensive to most expensive) ranked as clear, clear with amethyst, dark green, light green, amber, light blue, turquoise, cobalt blue, champagne (rare) amethyst (rare), ruby or cranberry.


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