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mercury Posts: 2 Registered: Oct 2004	posted 10-28-2004 12:09 AM [01-1850 The photo shows a pair of vases approx 5 inches tall with silver mounts at the top of each vase. The hallmarks indicate a date of 1926 from London. The makers mark is HP&S. Can anyone assist with identifying the maker for me? Comments relating to the glass vases would also be most helpful. They are a recent bequest to us and we would love to know any background to them. Thanks so much for your time. IP: Logged
PhilO Posts: 166 Registered: Jul 2004	posted 10-28-2004 01:56 AM Probably H Pidduck & Sons, who were a Birmingham company. They sent pieces for assay to both Birmingham and London and seem to have been working from about 1910 to 1940. Phil IP: Logged
mercury Posts: 2 Registered: Oct 2004	posted 10-28-2004 02:27 AM Thank you for that info PhilO - much appreciated. IP: Logged
Kimo Posts: 1652 Registered: Mar 2003	posted 10-28-2004 12:55 PM You asked about the glass as well. Are there any markings on the glass? Glass sometimes has makers marks that are either integral from the molding process and sometimes they can be acid etched marks that are sometimes so faint that you need to tilt the glass back and forth in a bright light to catch sight of them. In most cases, when a maker just buys ordinary glass blanks from a large production factory the glass is not marked and it is pretty impossible to tell who made the glass. IP: Logged
Silver Lyon Posts: 363 Registered: Oct 2004	posted 10-29-2004 07:41 AM With all deference to PhilO - I think that there may be a better candidate for the HP&S marks, as described above: Henry Pidduck was a retailer in Southport, the rich suburb of Liverpool full of grand houses near the sea. The firm did register marks but this was just to make it easier for their suppliers to supply already marked goods with the Pidduck stamp (as opposed to that of the actual maker). HENRY PERKINS & Sons, of London, will be the makers of the mounts on the two glass vases. Henry Perkins starts by making mounts for pipes from c.1880 and takes his sons as partners, the style of the firm changing to Henry Perkins & Sons from c.1900. In 1923 they took TWO stands at the BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR in which to show their skills and produce. One stand was to show the pipes which they were alraedy well known for. The other stand was to show their range of SILVER MOUNTED GLASS - including bottles, vases, jars, scent sprays etc. Hope this helps! IP: Logged

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