Glass Guide
Norvedy

History

Factory was founded in 1920's at Dijon by designer and owner Jean Noverdy.

Styles

Globular vases with long stemmed necks (like Berluzes by Daum). Normally lower half darker than neck. The upper halves were often flecked with coloured glass. Finish was matt.

Acid etched cameo glass (like late industrial Galle). Also operated retail outlet.

Gebruder Pallme-Konig & Habel (1786- )

History

Combined with several factories. See encyclopedia.

Designers

Josef Velik (1910 -1919)

Alois Ritter (1910 -1919)

Styles

pre 1900 ~ ?

1900 ~ Art Glass

1930s Art Deco Perfume Bottles

Iridescent glass

Overlaid Glass threads in mesh

Jack-in-the-pulpit Vases + glass flowers pressed into sides with threads forming stems and leaves

Difficulties

Can be very similar to Loetz

Either in cameo relief or acid etched as a glossy signature on a matt ground
Paper label on Art Deco perfume bottles
Orrefors

History See encyclopedia.

Styles

Pantin

History

1851@La Villette, Paris,Crystallerie de la Villette

1855@Pantin, Paris,Crystallerie de la Pantin

Numerous changes of name; Monot et Cie, Monot, Stumpf & Cie, Monot Pere et Fils & Stumpf, then Stumpf, Touvier, Viollet & Cie. After WW1 merged with Legras & Cie. See encyclopedia.

Designers

1900 H. Berlage - Table glass

1909 Camile Tutre de Varreux

1931 Auguste Heilgenstein

Styles

1878-Opaline glass, Ruby glass, Venetian glass, Rock crystal, iridescent glass called chine metallique

Copper & Gold xtals trapped between layers of glass called Rouge de Chine - 

Paperweights - animals flowers reptiles of v. good quality

1900-iridescent glass almost totally.

Simple shapes, mottled or overlaid or etched with designs of flowers, landscapes, birds, figures often guilded

1910-de Varreux 2,3 layer cameo with iridescence & exotic scenes of flora & fauna.

Highly coloured signed de Vez V. Collectable

Other cameo produced marked Thiancourt

floral designs unusual colour combinations

1930 Heilgenstein Thick walled vessels in opaque glass acid etched with surface patterns (sometimes called cracked ice) all with Mont Joye mark & sometimes Aug. Heilgenstein

Difficulties.

Joined with Legras after WW1 to become Verreries et Cristalleries de St Denis et Pantin Reunies, An illustrated dictionary of glass by Newman indicates Degue signature is found on Pantin glass(?)

Ngwenya

History See encyclopedia.

Okra

History See encyclopedia.

Styles

Modern label
1960's onward
Eva Eglund, 1990's
Engraved - 1960's
Ida Paulin

History

Decorator See encyclopedia.

Enamel or gilt most common
Pembroke Glassblowing studio

History

Modern production

Perthshire

History

Modern production. See encyclopedia.

Impressed P sometimes very hard to see. Attrib. to Chic Young.