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Another type of mark is found on glass baskets. Where the glass handles of the baskets are attached to the base of the basket a stamp is made. [9] Each handler had a specific pattern to help identify which handler attached the handle. [9] The marks began in the 1950s and were instituted by Frank M. and Bill Fenton. [9]
Northwood mark on a vase. The most common Northwood maker mark was an underlined capital N centered inside of a circle. [13] [14] Not all pieces carry the mark but it is seen most often on carnival glass items. L.G. Wright also used a mark like it, but was forced to stop using it. [13]
Pontil scar on the base of a free-blown glass bowl. A pontil mark or punt mark is the scar where the pontil, punty or punt was broken from a work of blown glass.The presence of such a scar indicates that a glass bottle or bowl was blown freehand, while the absence of a punt mark suggests either that the mark has been obliterated or that the work was mold-blown.
The second mark, which is the more commonly known by collectors and dealers, is the intertwined W and G that Westmoreland began to use in 1946 on most of the glassware. [8] In 1981, David Grossman bought the factory from the Brainard family and changed the mark. The new mark was the word Westmoreland in a circle around three lines. [8]
Hazel-Atlas Glass Company. The Hazel-Atlas Glass Company was a large producer of machine-molded glass containers headquartered in Wheeling, West Virginia. It was founded in 1902 in Washington, Pennsylvania, [1] as the merger of four companies: Hazel Glass and Metals Company (started in 1887) Atlas Glass Company (started 1896) Wheeling Metal Plant
Inscribing marks on the manufactured items was likely a precursor of communicative writing. [4] Historically, the marks were used for few purposes: [5] declaration of the ownership (an ownership mark, for example, livestock branding [6]); identification of the manufacturer and place of origin (manufacturer's mark, maker's mark, later a factory ...
The glassmaker's mark (rarely glassmaker's cross: ) is a symbol of glassmakers. It is a figure eight ( infinity sign ) over a sword or cross , illustrating a German glassmaker's saying: Es ist ein unendlich Kreuz, Glas zu machen ("it is an endless cross to make glass").
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