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Kevin
Ogara of East Northpoint Long Island N.Y. was kind enough to
send in photos of this lemonade set. Over the years I've seen
this type glass work in the antiques world. I've seen it with
tennis players but that was the only sports example until this.
This type glass is referred to as Bohemian or Mary Gregory
style. According to what I read there is purported to be a
mythical account that one Mary Gregory originated the style. And
that she worked for the Boston and Sandwich glass
company from 1880 to 1884. However, the consensus today
seems to be this type glass is from Europe, particularly Austria
and Bohemia, which today is the newly formed state of
Czechoslovakia. It's not all that unusual for American sports to
be used as an art theme on European works. I speculate the
artist who rendered the baseball players on this set may been
given a magazine illustration, or photo to work from. Whoever
produced this set didn't cut corners on detail. The pitcher doesn't just depict one player but three different on three
sides; a catcher,   fielder,
and batter. Apparently there were originally six glasses, all
with batters. Kevin said three are right handed, and two left
handed. Although it doesn't come thru in the photos, Kevin said
the rim of the top of the pitcher and the glasses is gold rimmed.
Kevin also remarked the carafe is remarkably light weight.
Below our exchange of emails:
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carlton, im sending photos of a hand painted glass lemonaide set from 1880 to1890s. this was known as mary gregory glass or bohemian glass from europe, not sure if its american. can you see if anyone has ever seen anything like it. its missing one glass since there were 3 left and 3 right handed batters. it is in remarkable cond. there isnt a chip on any of the pieces ,and its amazing that it was never broken. thanks kevin. |
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Kevin,
Please give me all the details.....the who, what, where, how much, etc...how did you come into them, how long you had them??
Thanks
-Carlton |
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carlton ,i had a chance years ago, probably 10 years to buy this set for 700 dollars which i thought was a steal, and i couldnt afford it at the time from a dealer i know. well i stopped at his house where they had this set in there antique collection and i asked figuring it was long gone and woudnt you know it they still had it, and he said it was 700 dollars 10 years later and i bought it. it doesnt have a makers mark on it . all i know its either american or bohemian. it is known as mary gregory glass because of the ferns painted around the figures. if you google mary gregory glass you'll see what i mean. the people i got it from new it was worth alot more but knew i was a sports collector. to me it is a stunning hand painted glass set and flawless. thanks |
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Can you please send me the full dimensions of all the pieces..height and width? Also are there any markings? if so can I get photos? thanks -Carlton |
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carlton there are no markings. the glasses are 31/2" H x2 3/4"wide. the lemonaide pitcher is 10 1/2"H X 5" wide,
7" including the handle. there is still the gold gilding on the rim at the top of the pieces and at the base of the pitcher. kevin |
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