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#GILLINDER AND SON GLASS CO. URANIUM RADIUM GLASS MAPLE LEAF HOW TO#

New pieces have clear sides and are frosted across the entire back. Nearly all known originals have frosted sides and only the portrait or area immediately around the portait are frosted on the back. The new paperweights can be detected by comparing their size and looking at what areas are frosted. It is clear glass with a bust portrait impressed in the back side. The new Washington paperweight is virtually identical to the original issued in 1876 (see Figs. Most marks on our new samples were very faint and difficult to see examine suspect pieces with extra care. 3, as far as we know, has not been used on any glass made prior to 1990. To our knowledge the raised molded marks in Fig. Some, but not all, of the reissued pieces carry the mark shown in Fig. Following the company's 100th year in 1961, the paper label shown in Fig. Pieces made after the Centennial are rarely marked. Many, but not all, of those pieces are marked Gillinder & Sons or Gillinder & Sons Centennial Exhibition (Fig. About the only pre-1900 pieces that are marked were those made at the 1876 Centennial factory. Like the majority of American pressed glass companies, Gillinder did not mark much of its production line glassware. This article will point out features which will help distinguish early pieces from those of more recent manufacture. Since the new pieces were virtually identical to the originals, they may cause confusion.

The firm produced six new pieces of glass from old molds or old styles in the mid-1990s. Family descendants continue to run the company today under the trade name Gillinder Glass, with Charles Gillinder as president. Gillinder is one of the few American glass companies to survive both world wars and the Great Depression. The business has been known under various names throughout the years including: Franklin Flint Glass Co. to very elegant 6' glass busts of famous Americans including Lincoln, Grant, Benjamin Franklin and Washington. Pieces made and sold there range from small novelties such as glass canoes, shoes, umbrellas, etc. Some of their most highly sought after items were produced at a glass factory Gillinder set up on the grounds of the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. These include: Westward Ho (Pioneer), Classic, Liberty Bell (Centennial Pattern), Holly Leaves and Stippled Star. William and his descendants designed and made some of the most popular pressed glass patterns of the Victorian era and early 20th century. If it's recent auction, you could post a link here by copy-paste and we may be able to IDĬreate an account or login in order to post a comment.The name Gillinder has been associated with American glass since 1861 when William Gillinder started a glass factory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I DO appreciate your naming a similar pattern for me to check out. Was trying to copy the image from my 'win' site, but again, at a loss. Probably made last month in ? Got it on ebay. Mine looks like this but the leaves are closer together, and I can tell my glass is thinner and the feet have mold ridges, like a 'T' you can feel.

#GILLINDER AND SON GLASS CO. URANIUM RADIUM GLASS MAPLE LEAF HOW TO#

I don't know how to post pictures to this site (just signed up, sorry!). Thanks, I looked at that pattern, but it's not that. You should add pics in a new post for us to see. TallCakes, 8 years you may have a somewhat similar pattern made by Jeannette Glass called 'Lombardi'.Anyone know who else made reproductions of this pattern? I would like to know what I have. Mine glows nicely, but I think I got skunked and have a reproduction rather than an 1880s Gillinder. Mine is a light yellow without the blacklight and doesn't look as football-shaped as yours. I have a piece that looks SO much like this, but I think I have a reproduction. You have the prettiest things that glow :) Thanks Maggadora !! Post pics of your glass.Always nice to see peoples collctions. It´s beautiful! I collect green glass myself :-) Thanks Shawn186 !! It's a total rush when I find something like this. You did better then alright you did Great Hedge! Thanks junkmanjoe !! and thanks wingletts !! You should see this in person.I couldn't believe I found this ! I knew the original name was leaf.I didn't know they were grape leaves.Thanks Paul. The OMN of this pattern is simply 'Leaf' and the pattern really represents grape leaves (finials are bunches of grapes), but somehow over the years collectors began calling this 'Maple Leaf' Just one of those glass collecting curiosities.

Gillinder and son glass co. uranium radium glass maple leaf