Dating Crystal (not in the same way as Blake, though)

good day to you all,

I have inherited a selection of crystal decanters. They are all 80+ years old. I know this as I have been shown a photograph from 1935, where they are visible.

Is there a way of establishing roughly when they were made? None have any makers Mark on them, but each weigh a lot.

any suggestions will be gratefully received.

 

The design often gives a good basis within a time frame. You can often get reasonably close with pictures. The trickier ones are the Georgian designs which were remade during the late 19th and Edwardian period, these often need handling to differentiate them. Someone familiar with 18th and 19th C glass will quite easily be able to tell the difference when handling for the majority. There are always tricky outliers of course.

 

Pictures are worth more than words.

 

I hesitate to ask - who are Crystal and Blake?

 

Wasn't that show back in the 80's?

 

sorry, I was being silly. I will behave better, in the future.

 

I don't know, it worked for me, never anything wrong with being silly

 

No need to change your "behavior," David! I just didn't get the reference!