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manufacturers' labels & marks (S)

A to 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

Sabino, France (established 1919)
(US-owned since 1978)

moulded mark

diamond-point
engraved

moulded mark

diamond-point
engraved

diamond-point
engraved

paper label
(blue on white)

S.A.L.I.R., Italy (established 1923)

flexi-drill
c 1950s

flexi-drill
(Franz Pelsel)
1959

Salviati, Italy (established 1859)

metallic label
(black on gold)
c 1950s - 1960s

partial paper label
(black on lilac)
c 1950s - 1960s

paper label
(black on white)
c 1950s - 1960s

paper label
c 1950s - 1960s

metallic label
(black on gold)
1950s - 1960s

enamelled
late 19th C

enamelled
late 19th C

diamond-point
1960s - 1970s

diamond-point
1950s - 1960s

diamond-point
(Luciano Gaspari)
1960s-70s

diamond-point
1950s - 1960s

diamond-point
1950s - 1960s

diamond-point
1950s - 1960s

Schneider, France (1908 - 1981)

1918 - 1930

1918 - 1930

1918 - 1930

1918 - 1930

1918 - 1930

1918 - 1930

1918 - 1933

wheel-cut
1920 - 1924

wheel-cut
1920 - 1924

1922 - 1924

1924 - 1925

1924 - 1925

acid-etched
1924 - 1928

acid-etched
1924 - 1928

wheel-cut
1924 - 1930

wheel-cut
1924 - 1933

acid-etched
1926 - 1933

acid-etched
1928 - 1929

acid-etched
1949 - 1955

acid-etched
1950 - 1955

acid-etched
1955 - 1960

acid-etched
1955 - 1960

'Le Verre Français'
(left glossy on
acid-matted surface)

'Le Verre Français' cameo & wheel-engraved
signatures (from CHARles SchneiDER)

Schott & Genossen, Germany (established c 1900)

acid-etched
pre-War

acid-etched
before 1980

acid-etched
before 1980

acid-etched
before 1980

acid-etched
1981 to 1994

acid-etched
1981 to 1994

Archimede Seguso, Italy (established 1946)

metallic label
(red on silver)
c 1950s

metallic label
(red on silver)
c 1950s

metallic label
(old gold on silver)
c 1950s

diamond-point
(dated 1952)

diamond-point
c 1950s

diamond-point
c 1970s

Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Italy (1933 - 1992)

paper label,
black on two
shades of cream
c 1950s

diamond-point
1960s

diamond-point
1960s

Selkirk Glass, Scotland (established 1977)

engraved mark
1991

Cristalleries de Sèvres, France (established 1870)
(under other names, the glassworks can be traced back to the mid-18th Century)

acid-etched

acid-etched
early 20th C

acid-etched
post-War

acid-etched

metallic label
(gold on blue)
post-War

Skrdlovice Glassworks, Czech Republic
(see Beránek)

Skruf, Sweden (1897 - 1977)

paper label
1920s

paper label
1920s

Sowerby & Co, England (1872 - 1956)

moulded mark
1876 - c 1930

Václav Štepánek, Novy Bor, Czech Republic (modern)

engraved mark on modern reproductions
of classic Austro-Bohemian pieces
by Vaclav Stepanek
('02' is for year of production)

Anthony Stern, England (established 1978)

engraved signature
after 1978

engraved signature
after 1978

Steuben, USA (established 1903)
(see also Corning Glass Co, who bought the company in 1918)

embossed on
gold label,
or acid-etched
1903 - 1932

facsimile signature
(design by
Frederick Carder)
1903 - 1932

paper label

acid-etched
(on 'Calcite' glass)

acid-etched
(on 'Aurene' glass)

Stevens & Williams, England (established 1847)
(company granted the Royal warrant by King George V in 1931, & name changed to Royal Brierley Crystal)

acid-etched
introduced 1924

acid-etched
introduced 1927

acid-etched
(design by Keith Murray)
c 1934 - 1939

acid-etched
late 1930s

acid-etched
(design by Constance Spry*)
c 1930s

acid-etched
1920s - 30s

metallic label

metallic label
* Constance Spry, well-known as a society hostess, was noted for her floral artistry. During the 1930s she was employed by Brierley to design a series of vases suited to flower-arranging. She went on to create the floral arrangements for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953