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Posted 3 years ago
Grannys_Gl…
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I'd love to know what I have here. Has a 'Gillinder' look, but the signature is 'GIJON'. No luck with any information about this piece. Will appreciate any insight. Thank you.
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in case you haven't seen it, here's the Gillinder catalog page with this paperweight
http://opensalts.us/References/Catalogs/US/USA-Gillinder1881-89-dW.jpg
Thanks. Great to have additional verification. I just can't get my mind around the marking. I have sent an inquiry to the Gijon Public Library in Spain asking for information. cheers. d.b.
you might contact Gillinder Glass (still in business tho' vastly different business), as they may have some historical reference...
That's a great idea. Didn't know that Gillinder is still active. Thank you.
This has now been resolved. I emailed the public library in Gijon and they responded with a catalog cover and page. This is the information.....
"We can tell you that it is part of the illustrated catalog of hollow glass (white and colored) from 1898 belonging to the Cifuentes y Pola de Gijón factory.
It is the first glass factory in Asturias, it was founded in 1844 by Anselmo Cifuentes Díaz, Mariano Pola, the Toral family, the Marqués de San Esteban and the Count of Revillagigedo, with a share capital of 1,200,000 reais. It was directed, in its beginnings, by the Swiss coach Luis Truan. No Spanish glass factory of the 19th century could surpass it, in number, variety and quality of its products. Its facilities were demolished in 1954.
The object identified in the catalog with the number 301, had a price of 150 pesetas, to make a day of its value keep in mind that in 1899 the average salary in Spain was about 2.50 pesetas a day, a worker did not reach earn 100 pesetas a month."
Of course the mystery now is how this line appears in Gillinder's lines. I have emailed Gillinder and hope that some one responds.