Antiques and Collectables for Pleasure & Profit SUMMER 2013 | Page 8

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This Dunhill aquarium lighter is
in perfect condition, with vibrant
colours and is available from
Past Connections in Mosman,
New South Wales. Tel: 02 9960
2811 for details.

Snatches of information too small for a
feature and too interesting to ignore...
Making like Tiffany
Not long after Louis Comfort
Tiffany introduced his gorgeous
iridescent Favrile glass in the
early 1890s (it was patented in
1892), other glassmakers were
attempting to copy him. The
Union Glass Company of
Somerville in Massachusetts
was probably one of the more

This stunning Kew-Blas iridescent
glass bowl dates from c.1900
and is priced at $1750 from
Valentine’s Antique Gallery in
Bendigo, Victoria. Tel: 03 5443
7279.

with white flowers, foliage, fruit
and birds highlighted in red,
blue and green, it was wasn’t
actually made in Measham in
the UK, but in the nearby town
of Church Gresley. The main
manufacturer was Mason, Cash
& Co and most of the 19th
century pottery is in the form of
teapots, bowls, jugs and beakers,
often with personalised
messages. But here’s the best bit.
Measham pottery is more
commonly called bargeware,
and that’s because it was
extensively marketed through
a high street shop in
Measham that was very close
to the canal bridge. Passing
‘bargees’ would stop in and
order some pottery on their
way through and then collect the
gifts o