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manufacturers' labels & marks (A to C)

A B C D to H I to L M N to R S T to Z unidentified

N.B. Please note that actual labels or marks may be significantly larger or smaller than the illustrations shown

Anchor Hocking Glass Co, USA (established 1905)

older moulded mark

modern mark

Gabriel Argy Rousseau, France (1914 - 1952)

relief-moulded mark

Baccarat, France (established 1823)

paper label,
acid-etched mark
from c 1930

acid-etched mark
from c 1930

acid-etched mark on
Silver Jubilee paperweight
1977

acid-etched mark
probably post-War

modern
laser-etched mark

George Bacchus & Son, England (19th Century)

transfer-printed mark
mid 19th Century

Bagley & Co, England (1871 - 1975)

paper label

Alfredo Barbini, Italy (established 1952)

metallic label
(red on silver, made for
Weill Ceramics & Glass)
c 1950s

diamond-point
1960s-70s

diamond-point
(Napoleone Martinuzzi)
1960s-70s

diamond-point
(Napoleone Martinuzzi)
1960s-70s

acid-etched
since 1960s

acid-etched
since 1960s

Barolac (c 1935 - 1950s)
'Barolac' was a trademark registered in 1935 by John Jenkins & Son of London, importers & retailers of glassware.The opalescent or frosted pressed glass pieces were manufactured in Czechoslovakia by the Josef Inwald company

relief-moulded mark,
1930s

Vetreria Artistica Barovier, Italy (1920 - 1936)

diamond-point
(Ercole Barovier)
1935-36

Barovier & Toso, Italy (established 1942)

paper label
(red on white)
c 1950s

vibro-engraved
1975-

paper label
1970s-80s

Beránek, Czech Republic (established 1940)
(until 1991, operated as the Skrdlovice Glassworks)

metallic label
(silver on wine-red)
1960s to 1980s

paper label,
white on red ground

vibro-pen signature
(Jindrich or Jan Beránek)

engraved signature
(Jindrich or Jan Beránek)
dated 1979

Fulvio Bianconi, Italy (b. 1915, d. 1996)

diamond-point
1959

diamond-point
1949

diamond-point
1949

diamond-point
1947

Lubomir Blecha, Czechoslovakia (20th Century)

engraved signature
(on piece produced for Brussels Expo)
dated 1958

Blenko, USA (established 1922)

paper label
c 1970s

modern paper label

Boda, Sweden (1864 - 1976)
(see also Kosta Boda)

engraved mark

paper label

paper label
(design by Erik Höglund)
c 1960s

engraved
serial number
(design by
Erik Höglund)

c 1960s

engraved
serial number
(design by
Erik Hoglund)

c 1960s

engraved mark
(after merger with Ĺfors -
design by
Bertil Vallien)

c 1976

Bohemia Art Glass, Czechoslovakia (post-War)

paper label

Bohemian glassware - miscellaneous importer's labels

metallic paper label
('Saxony' - British)

metallic paper label
('G/I' - Canadian)

metallic paper label
('Jones & Co')

metallic paper label
(on iridescent glassware)

Bohemian glassware - miscellaneous labels & marks (unknown manufacturers)

paper label
c 1990s

paper label
c 1990s

paper label
c 1990s

paper label
c 1990s

acid-etched
c 1920s -30s

acid-etched
c 1920s -30s

Borské Sklo, Czechoslovakia (established 1953)

paper label

paper label

Boyd's Crystal Art Glass, USA (established 1978)

moulded
1978-83

moulded
1983-88

moulded
1988-93

moulded
1993-98

moulded
1998-

British Heat-Resisting Glass Co, England (20th Century)

relief-moulded mark
with 'PHOENIX, MADE IN ENGLAND'

Philippe-Joseph Brocard, France (1867 - 1890)

gilt or
enamelled

gilt or
enamelled

gilt or
enamelled

Erwin Burger, Italy (b. 1909, d. ?)

flexi-drill
1952

Burgun, Schverer & Cie, France (1711 - 1903)

Caithness, Scotland (established 1961)

paper label
c 1960s

paper label
c 1970s-90s

Gino Cenedese, Italy (established 1946)

metallic label
(blue on silver)
c 1950s

paper label
(black on white)
c 1950s

Chance Brothers, England (1832 - 1981)

moulded mark

company logo
c 1930s

company logo
c 1970s

Chribská, Czechoslovakia (post-War)

metallic paper label
(black on gold)
1960s-80s

Norman Stuart Clarke, England (post-War)

engraved signature
1987

Samuel Clarke & Co, England (c 1885 - c 1930)

moulded mark

paper label

moulded mark

Richard Clements, Hobart, Tasmania (current in 2010)

glass 'seal' of
letter 'R' on
art-glass vase

Compagnia di Venezia e Murano Vetri e Mosaici, Italy (established 1866)
(bought out by Marco Testolini in 1909, continued as commissioning retailers & merged with Pauly & C in 1920)

paper label
(London showroom)

acid-etched

paper label
(red on white)

Corning Glass Co, USA (established 1851)
(see also Steuben)

moulded mark

acid-etched

trademark

acid-etched

moulded mark

embossed on
gold label or
acid-etched
1903 - 1932

Correia Art Glass, USA (established 1973)

engraved signature
& serial number
1979

Crystalex, Czechoslovakia (post-War)

paper label

paper label

paper label

paper label

paper label

paper label

paper label

 

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