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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 30430, member: 25"]I suspect the first two are French made, the one with a local retailer's mark. This was normal practice. It would have been cheaper to import French glasses than to imitate fairly exactly a French pair locally. A modest order and the makers would add whatever name the retailer wanted. </p><p>The local retailer's name cut more ice with the buyers than some remote maker in France. By 1900 they could have been ordered telegraphically and been there in a month on a steamer. </p><p>The last are a fairly common type, often billed as for the racing man.</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, none of them are unique.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 30430, member: 25"]I suspect the first two are French made, the one with a local retailer's mark. This was normal practice. It would have been cheaper to import French glasses than to imitate fairly exactly a French pair locally. A modest order and the makers would add whatever name the retailer wanted. The local retailer's name cut more ice with the buyers than some remote maker in France. By 1900 they could have been ordered telegraphically and been there in a month on a steamer. The last are a fairly common type, often billed as for the racing man. Again, none of them are unique.[/QUOTE]
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