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<p>[QUOTE="quirkygirl, post: 205413, member: 106"]I second Susan's ID as "Bellflower". I have also heard it referred to as "Ribbed Leaf". While trying to research my one and only piece in this pattern I was unable to figure out which company for certain produced it as there were several that made this pattern and its variants. Mostly Boston & Sandwich or McKee & Bros. were the main two named companies ... </p><p>Maybe Tallcakes knows more. Oddly, Google returned these images (one of which, looks just like yours above) ... and some of the comments were made by Tallcakes himself! </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>Bellflower Salt Dip, Boston & Sandwich Flint Glass, 1860's</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cf.collectorsweekly.com/stories/9CBJKZYx7cipiE4npdburw.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cf.collectorsweekly.com/stories/9CBJKZYx7cipiE4npdburw.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://cf.collectorsweekly.com/stories/9CBJKZYx7cipiE4npdburw-smallw.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a><a href="http://cf.collectorsweekly.com/stories/5NHv2BCwQTVE3XWTJWGZOg.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cf.collectorsweekly.com/stories/5NHv2BCwQTVE3XWTJWGZOg.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://cf.collectorsweekly.com/stories/5NHv2BCwQTVE3XWTJWGZOg-smallw.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a><a href="http://cf.collectorsweekly.com/stories/JE0gSytPe4RuW7VM2WyEJQ.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cf.collectorsweekly.com/stories/JE0gSytPe4RuW7VM2WyEJQ.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://cf.collectorsweekly.com/stories/JE0gSytPe4RuW7VM2WyEJQ-smallw.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><i>Posted 2 years ago</i></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.collectorsweekly.com/friend?t=Bellflower+Salt+Dip%2C+Boston+%26+Sandwich+Flint+Glass%2C+1860%27s&l=%2Fstories%2F130690-bellflower-salt-dip-boston-and-sandwich-f" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.collectorsweekly.com/friend?t=Bellflower+Salt+Dip%2C+Boston+%26+Sandwich+Flint+Glass%2C+1860%27s&l=%2Fstories%2F130690-bellflower-salt-dip-boston-and-sandwich-f" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.collectorsweekly.com/assets/email-text.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.collectorsweekly.com/user/FanciGirl" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.collectorsweekly.com/user/FanciGirl" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://cf.collectorsweekly.com/users/Ey21iRlnzZGwVQKjealMxQ-thumb.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />FanciGirl</a></p><p>(293 items)</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe the reason I started collecting Antiques long ago is because it's amazing to me how something so fragile can last so many years. This piece has no cracks and not one tiny flea bite anywhere.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><b>Comments</b></font></p><ol> <li><a href="http://www.collectorsweekly.com/user/TallCakes" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.collectorsweekly.com/user/TallCakes" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://cf.collectorsweekly.com/users/fUBk3LPbxeOKOOhDdPV3fQ-thumb.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a><b><a href="http://www.collectorsweekly.com/user/TallCakes" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.collectorsweekly.com/user/TallCakes" rel="nofollow">TallCakes</a></b>, <i>2 years ago</i><br /> very nice: )</li> <li><a href="http://www.collectorsweekly.com/user/FanciGirl" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.collectorsweekly.com/user/FanciGirl" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://cf.collectorsweekly.com/users/Ey21iRlnzZGwVQKjealMxQ-thumb.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a><b><a href="http://www.collectorsweekly.com/user/FanciGirl" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.collectorsweekly.com/user/FanciGirl" rel="nofollow">FanciGirl</a></b>, <i>2 years ago</i><br /> TallCakes, you have one of these also?</li> <li><a href="http://www.collectorsweekly.com/user/TallCakes" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.collectorsweekly.com/user/TallCakes" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://cf.collectorsweekly.com/users/fUBk3LPbxeOKOOhDdPV3fQ-thumb.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a><b><a href="http://www.collectorsweekly.com/user/TallCakes" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.collectorsweekly.com/user/TallCakes" rel="nofollow">TallCakes</a></b>, <i>2 years ago</i><br /> don't have any bellflower pattern or salts of any pattern. this is a nice looking pattern : )</li> </ol><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="quirkygirl, post: 205413, member: 106"]I second Susan's ID as "Bellflower". I have also heard it referred to as "Ribbed Leaf". While trying to research my one and only piece in this pattern I was unable to figure out which company for certain produced it as there were several that made this pattern and its variants. Mostly Boston & Sandwich or McKee & Bros. were the main two named companies ... Maybe Tallcakes knows more. Oddly, Google returned these images (one of which, looks just like yours above) ... and some of the comments were made by Tallcakes himself! [SIZE=6][B]Bellflower Salt Dip, Boston & Sandwich Flint Glass, 1860's[/B][/SIZE] [URL='http://cf.collectorsweekly.com/stories/9CBJKZYx7cipiE4npdburw.jpg'][IMG]http://cf.collectorsweekly.com/stories/9CBJKZYx7cipiE4npdburw-smallw.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL='http://cf.collectorsweekly.com/stories/5NHv2BCwQTVE3XWTJWGZOg.jpg'][IMG]http://cf.collectorsweekly.com/stories/5NHv2BCwQTVE3XWTJWGZOg-smallw.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL='http://cf.collectorsweekly.com/stories/JE0gSytPe4RuW7VM2WyEJQ.jpg'][IMG]http://cf.collectorsweekly.com/stories/JE0gSytPe4RuW7VM2WyEJQ-smallw.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [I]Posted 2 years ago[/I] [URL='http://www.collectorsweekly.com/friend?t=Bellflower+Salt+Dip%2C+Boston+%26+Sandwich+Flint+Glass%2C+1860%27s&l=%2Fstories%2F130690-bellflower-salt-dip-boston-and-sandwich-f'][IMG]http://www.collectorsweekly.com/assets/email-text.gif[/IMG][/URL] [URL='http://www.collectorsweekly.com/user/FanciGirl'][IMG]http://cf.collectorsweekly.com/users/Ey21iRlnzZGwVQKjealMxQ-thumb.jpg[/IMG]FanciGirl[/URL] (293 items) I believe the reason I started collecting Antiques long ago is because it's amazing to me how something so fragile can last so many years. This piece has no cracks and not one tiny flea bite anywhere. [SIZE=4][B]Comments[/B][/SIZE] [LIST=1] [*][URL='http://www.collectorsweekly.com/user/TallCakes'][IMG]http://cf.collectorsweekly.com/users/fUBk3LPbxeOKOOhDdPV3fQ-thumb.jpg[/IMG][/URL][B][URL='http://www.collectorsweekly.com/user/TallCakes']TallCakes[/URL][/B], [I]2 years ago[/I] very nice: ) [*][URL='http://www.collectorsweekly.com/user/FanciGirl'][IMG]http://cf.collectorsweekly.com/users/Ey21iRlnzZGwVQKjealMxQ-thumb.jpg[/IMG][/URL][B][URL='http://www.collectorsweekly.com/user/FanciGirl']FanciGirl[/URL][/B], [I]2 years ago[/I] TallCakes, you have one of these also? [*][URL='http://www.collectorsweekly.com/user/TallCakes'][IMG]http://cf.collectorsweekly.com/users/fUBk3LPbxeOKOOhDdPV3fQ-thumb.jpg[/IMG][/URL][B][URL='http://www.collectorsweekly.com/user/TallCakes']TallCakes[/URL][/B], [I]2 years ago[/I] don't have any bellflower pattern or salts of any pattern. this is a nice looking pattern : ) [/LIST][/QUOTE]
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