Can You Identify This Please?

[ClaryS]

I've picked up some of these glasses at a charity shop. What type of glass is it please? its not opaline I know that much, it has rainbow effect in the glass in the light, but very thin glass could even be crystal. could it be Vaseline?

Hope this link works not very good at this

[IMG]http://i40.tinypic.com/2hgbepi.jpg[/IMG]

[woofgang]

link doesn't work

[B00]

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2hgbepi&s=5#.UmTgTxCfLIU

[ClaryS]

Could someone please talk me through how to successfully add a link to this picture please? Thanks x

[ClaryS]

Thank you Boo -how did you do that please? I copied and pasted the code that said Forums, message boards.

[B00]

Use the one that says "direct link for layouts" :-)

[ClaryS]

Thanks Boo x

[woofgang]

Its a rainbow coating. Are you sure its old? I have got champagne glasses like it bought new from John Lewis around 10 years ago.

[ClaryS]

woofgang I don't know how old they are, bought three of them for £2 at the local charity shop , I like them but might try and sell them on Ebay and wanted to know what the glass was. The shape of them looks like '20's or '50's, they are very fine and quite small, smaller than more modern wine glasses.

[Khandro]

You can buy a matching fruit bowl; http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://i.ebayimg.com/t/VINTAGE-IRIDESCENT-RAINBOW-EFFECT-GLASS-DESSERT-FRUIT-SUNDAE-DISH-BOWL-/00/s/OTAwWDEyMDA%3D/z/wGgAAMXQgyZSAUc0/%24T2eC16NHJIgFHSSP(t%2BVBS!Uc0Kc0!~~60_35.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-IRIDESCENT-RAINBOW-EFFECT-GLASS-DESSERT-FRUIT-SUNDAE-DISH-BOWL-/350850382104&h=225&;w=300&sz=13&tbnid=TEwY-w0MpBf8rM:&tbnh=107&tbnw=142&zoom=1&usg=__ISnVBHbua7bUVIcf-B7PRU7TX0o=&docid=CmHsH-K8Hzka-M&;itg=1&sa=X&ei=ieNkUu68Fuid0AXu4IH4Bg&;ved=0CEEQ9QEwBA

[ClaryS]

Khandro -that's great! thanks for the link -iridescent was the word I was looking for -so perhaps they are Vintage. Will do some more research. Cheers! x

[woofgang]

I'd love to know how they know that bowl is old!
Carnival glass is often irridescent but usually pressed designs and much thicker

[ClaryS]

woofgang sometimes the design gives it away, sometimes people just use the Tag word Vintage or Retro. From the look of that bowl I would say its around 30-40 years old -that's old to some people lol!

[Nibble]

Oh gawd! You've no idea how ancient your remark just made me feel, Clary :((

[ClaryS]

lol at nibble!

[Graham-W]

A handy tip for recognising Victorian glasses is the foot is larger than the rim. Gently put two matching glasses together and if the feet touch before the rim they are almost certainly Victorian.
This isn't valid in your case, though they well be 1920-30's.

[woofgang]

my garden tools are older than that! Do you think I could flog them as vintage?

[ClaryS]

Woofgang -of course! I went to a Vintage sale yesterday and some of the stuff they were selling I still have and use on a daily basis. I refuse to accept that stuff made in the '80's is 'retro' lol!

[sir.prize]

ClaryS - to get the tinypic link to work, leave out the [IMG] at the beginning and [/IMG] at the end.

[heathfield]

Silver nitrate can be used to produce this iridescent effect on glass.