Hadeland Glassverk (Norway).

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I think this is supposed to be a lady bug but I'm not sure. I didn't snap it but the base is smooth, rounded edged and very clear. Any thoughts?

my guess is Hadeland

Yes, Hadeland. There's one on 20thcenturyglass with it's box.

Thanks chaps I didn't try that one out when searching, muchas gracias

I lied, this is the last one!!

Hopefully the easiest to identify!

Hadeland Nautilus Solifleur, Designed by Willy Johansson. Lots of pictures on google.

Your going to be getting a very big head - am loving your knowledge! thank you again

Has anyone got any idea who has made/designed this bowl? It is a good quality


smoked green crystal with a white enamel rim. The base is flat polished and there’s lots of wear. Dia: 11”, H: 5” approx. It has a Scandinavian flavour, can’t find any reference. Thanks

Lovely bowl, I was going to say Whitefriars with the enamelled rim,
but with no pontil, I'll have to go through the books now!

Ahh… OK. I hadn’t thought that it might be Whitefriars… It looks like it has some age, possibly mid 20th Century or a bit earlier? Could be Italian maybe? The sides are straight but curve just before they meat the base, which is flat polished with lots of heavy scratches. It’s a transparent smokey green. Thanks dd.

… meet the base… I mean.

The small book doesn't show this shape, by Geoffrey Baxter 1964, but I've also had
other shapes fron this range, which I know are right, so I would go with Whitefriars.
Who else did glass in this colour with enamelled rims?

https://www.20thcenturyforum.com/t3492p175-whitefriars-glass-post-1960#219977

Looks like it might be Shadow Green soda glass. Did Whitefriars make glass with a polished flat base? Spotted a flying saucer shaped dish in this colour with white enamel rim but had scooped out polished pontil.

Apparently they were difficult to fire… the white rim tended to separate, so not many about

Thanks again dd, not in a million years would I have thought it was Whitefriars!

No info in the big book. The small book doesn't say they were soda glass, but I'm pretty sure they were, so it should be
quite thin and light, compared to the usual Whitefriars.

CharlieC wrote:Apparently they were difficult to fire… the white rim tended to separate, so not many about

As you can see from my pic in the above link!

Yes, I’ve had a look in online catalogue for 1966 and the only shapes are attached. I’m wondering if it might be a piece from the 1930s? Maybe GB saw and copied the idea??

The bowl does have some weight to it, I thought it was crystal… but not sure that I’ve handled soda glass

I did email Whitefriars but they don’t let you attach a pic and they haven’t responded yet

Interesting, never seen most of those shapes before, and there is so
little information in the books about this range.
I'm still pretty confident it's right though.

I sold two in this range, a vase and a bowl in shadow green, and have just looked at my photo record. Both pieces had the expected Whitefriars concave polished pontil, so it's puzzling yours doesn't. There were some Whitefriars pieces that just had a flat base (which is useful for us dealers who want to pick up stuff on the cheap because a lot of people will think it cn't be Whitefriars! ). But I would have thought it was unusual to have different finishes within the same range.
That said, I feel sure that your piece is Whitefriars because it's such a distinctive piece and hard to reproduce. Have you tried the Whitefriars facebook group?

Interesting… Still can’t fathom why there’s no record of this shape and why the flat polished base? It’s a mystery. Don’t do Facebook! Thanks for the info.

Think I’ve already hinted at this, but does anyone think that it could be Czech / Bohemian from the 1930s / 50s (Deco)? They like to enamel on glass… Maybe Mr Baxter was inspired by the technique and designed the range for Whitefriars??

Hmmm A long shot? there is so little info on this iconic range. still think WF.

CharlieC wrote:Think I’ve already hinted at this, but does anyone think that it could be Czech / Bohemian from the 1930s / 50s (Deco)? They like to enamel on glass… Maybe Mr Baxter was inspired by the technique and designed the range for Whitefriars??

Unlikey. I've never seen that white enamel trailing the rim of a Bohemian piece.