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SteveS

SteveS

Melbourne, Australia

Collector= Bought something beautiful once ... trying to stop since ... My postings here are an attempt to repay some of the generosity of those dedicated and devotCollector= Bought something beautiful once ... trying to stop since ... My postings here are an attempt to repay some of the generosity of those dedicated and devoted individuals who have donated so much of their time, knowledge and experience to the Public Domain. You guys have opened new doors for us all and have made my world a better place ... Specifically Eddy, Alfredo, David, Brian, Warren, Tony, Deb and Craig ... and more generally to everyone who contributes ... Thanks (Read more)

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  1. Hi Michelle ... anything in the ? lettering to the R of the two central flowers in the 2nd picture ... May just be decorative ... although method the shapes were formed looks interesting ... ... I d...
  2. KNo ? .... inquiring minds want to understand and to learn ... In an age where claimed (or claims of) Knowledge is used as an absolute ... a tool of dismissal ... perhaps it is time for a little Phil...
  3. Could also try Medina ... though think they are usually signed ...
  4. Have 2 copies of each volume somewhere but not sure I trust my translation ... and I don't think the patents and articles were translated from memory ... Perhaps if you could find a marked example of...
  5. ... which makes the “Pavonia” (top right) a I/4 btw ... :-) https://www.loetz.com/decors-a-z/dek/dekor-dek-enter-here/dek-i-200
  6. Hi Kai ... was an interesting link ... and I was in a hurry after exploring it ... I have always thought of Camelia’s as shades of pink .. but suppose that would be camelia rosa ... hence ... https...
  7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camellia?wprov=sfti1
  8. Ales ... the Lapis decor is a Chrysanthemum ... probably "Japan" ..
  9. The base almost looks like Cephalonia ... Gorgeous ...
  10. Very nice Larksel ... Snowfall ! over Norma ? Good spotting ! :-)
  11. Thanks larksel Certainly worth a bid ...
  12. There is a red / brown one in the bottom corner of that PGM cabinet ... under the scarabs ...
  13. Very fortunate to find one tucked away on a forgotten shelf ? :-)
  14. Thought the left handle looked as though it had been polished a bit ... stopped me going any higher ... what is your thinking on arrival Sammyz
  15. Hi Glassie Have you looked under stemmed pieces for a PN match at all ... does look like it may have been one of the floriform stems in an earlier life ... Great color combo ...
  16. Tortoise Shell ... Search Harrach or Loetz ...
  17. I will Second that ! :-)
  18. Good Thought SammyZ ... as per the Cytissus pieces ...
  19. ... holograms from the 1920’s ...
  20. Very nice ... Has to be a Refractive or Birefractive iridescent thread they used for these ... produces a visual 3D depth effect rather tha a raised surface ... another of my favourites from Passau .....
  21. Close-ups remind a little of the Etrusk pieces ...
  22. Hi Sammyz Think your description of Gelbgrun is probably a better description of the color than the Diana one ... although I do get Diana mixed up with Norma and Cisele ... think it has some variatio...
  23. My view ... Max's statement about PG's being "our Tiffany decor" is amongst the most facetious (/ sarcastic) comments ever to go totally over the head of a journalist (/ reporter) .... ... have our ...
  24. Looks great "Innen Silber" is interesting to ... any idea when Loetz started to use that terminology ?
  25. Hi LauraH ... Very nice ... think the correct word for these is "Deckeldose" (or box) ... as opposed to your "bonbonierre" ... although I won't guarantee my spelling on either ... :-)
  26. This one of Warren's is the arhetype for "Makart" ... who was a Viennese Artist who actually had a festival day named after him ... (Wikipedia) ... http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/128218-rare...
  27. Hi Inky ... Very nice! Pretty sure they should be metallinrot / metalrot or similar ... Makart is meant to have a Orange fading to Opal ... while these are solid color ... No sign of a Dek # by an...
  28. Hi Michelle Looks a lot like a paler version on Heckert's Cypern ... many of which look like they could have come from Loetz (blanks) ... initial thought was amethyst from the pics ... could als look...
  29. Loetz with the ribbing .... Krystal with Zephyr Chine ...
  30. Very nice !
  31. Can see the Makart ground in your 3rd picture ... in between the threads of ... ?Schwarz (appearing dark brown or black) ... ... was thinking the rot is the other color we see about ... also on a Ma...
  32. Hi Warren Wondering if the Ausf 146's all perhaps have a Makart ground and green Titania finish ... with spreading red or chestnut (or darker) upper segment ? The pics on L.com appear to show at lea...
  33. When the roses are right ... they are right ! ... tend to think the "square" ones are reproduction ...
  34. Hi Kai Do you know who did the illustrations initially ... does make a difference in interpreting them ... Gould / Audubon / Darwin all approached illustration a bit differently ... Best match I can...
  35. Think we were discussing violet as well when this one came up ...
  36. Cheers Dave & Andy ... Will get some better pics but thought it worth "holding" this space ...
  37. Interesting in that the "holes" have progressed / regressed to being almost a Coin dot / thumbprint indentation ...
  38. Have always thought of them as Medallion ... but can't see them on Eddy's site or Craig's .... Will check the Dek Pics in back of Ricke1 as well but otherwise will have to try and figure out why ... M...
  39. A great test of Spellcheck Tolerances! Love the Kristall schiefgewaltzt's ?... !
  40. Hi Warren ... Fairly sure we used to have a Dekor identified as "Medallion" on Eddy's site ... Has this been totally superseded ? Cheers
  41. Thanks Phil .
  42. Hi Phil ... Another Beauty! Wondering if you have a backlit pic / version of this ... still not all that clear myself on what constitutes Mountain Blue and Backlighting brings out the glass color nic...
  43. The Seal is indeed in Cantz Images No. 260: PN 4824/1 Documented production appropriately in Kristal Glatt The Elephant linked above from Cantz is a PN 4821 Images No. 017 ... and even includes the...
  44. philmac51 ... only have the 1st Edition ... Has the piece in question arrived as yet ??
  45. Another link with some ? Relevance ... :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_(rhinoceros) ... particularly if you are looking for a name ....
  46. Definitely not a Bore .... Totally exciting !
  47. Excellent ...! I Think Rago Auction house sold one in a mixed lot some years ago ... and think it is that one which is on L.Com masquerading as a Boar (under pigs) ... Great size ! ... Great find !
  48. Possibly ... http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/51317-an-assortment-of-vases-by-franz-wagner .... the black piece in particular ...
  49. Hi Lee Was a IV/103 I think (or similar) ... a little difficult to tell with the ribbed surface ... Check with Warren's posting of the Makart piece (12 months ago) ...
  50. Hi Vladimir ... Not sure if you noticed this piece has been put up on Loetz.com as an example of "Early Loetz Production" (under "Identifying Loetz Glass) ...
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