newsletter # 6 OCTOBER 2004www.ASCASonline.org
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Articles for ASCAS website
Kathleen Wheeler worked on English translation of French article #3 by Raoul Verbist: L'histoire d'une tasse de femme. The English text of 'The history of a wedding cup' (tasse de femme) is now available for ASCAS members click here 
List of membersWelcome to new ASCAS members:Karen Baker - USA Alexandra Ballet - France Jon Berger - USA Mario Rosario Bonello - Malta Julie Danyluk - Canada Hymie Dinerstein - England Edward Doherty - Scotland UK Carol Eisenman - USA Eleanor Lee Gaunt - USA Zeev Haimovich - Israel Jim Hastings - USA Mark Mandel - Canada Patrice Mativet - France Maureen Morgan - USA Nicole Moss - Usa Scott Nussbaum - USA Ilaria Occhigrossi - Italy Shirley Ryland - USA T. Ross - USA Ben Rutter - England Domenico Sessa - Italy Frank Simmonds - England Robin Smith-Blackwell - Canada Cristina Speluzzi - Argentina Cornelia Thier - Namibia ASCAS has now 97 members. The updated list of ASCAS members is now available (only for members) Members' Window # 6
Questions from ASCAS' membersDavid Philliskirk writes:I am sending some pictures of what we believe to be a caviar bowl. Standing some 22 centimeters and weighing over one kilo it has the appearance of the domes of the cathedrals in the Red Square. We were told it was Russian when purchased but the marks would seem to contradict this and are certainly not in Postnikova. I wonder if any of our members could throw some light on the origin of it.
Do any members recognize the mark or offer any suggestions about this piece? caviar bowl? or sugar bowl? or covered bowl? or ....? Three interesting appendixes to previous newsletters:Fred Sinfield writes about the lidded container of Newsletter # 3 July 2004 (click here):An X-ray test revealed that the metal is 8/18 stainless steel. However, as suggested that metal was not in general use until the 1920’s. This leaves the unanswered question as to who used that “AF” mark – might it have been Alphonse Fouquet’s grandson? About the article on A Napoleonic sugar bowl from an Italian museum (click here) on # 5 September Newsletter: Giorgio Busetto observes that probably the Napoleon of this sugar bowl finial (hallmark of Bartolo Milani) was a mass production item assembled by Venetian silversmiths on many different objects . This hypothesis is confirmed by the Napoleon standing on this toothpick holder (hallmark of Bartolomeo Valazza - Venice, 1st quarter of 19th century) quite similar to the Napoleon of Coronini-Cronberg sugar bowl .
ASCAS member Hymie Dinerstein supplies some useful informations about Dorothy Giorgio silverplate basket with a double lion and shield hallmark (click here) on # 5 September Newsletter: if this is a heavy piece this is probably cast antimony and imported in the late 1950's. These were all based on Georgian Silver pieces and were copied from originals, but only in shape. There are very heavy (about 3 times the weigh of the silver or silver plated items). The fatalistic test is to put a blow torch on them and they will melt Closing our October newsletter I hope you have appreciated its content. | |||||||||||||
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