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Jessica V.

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Apr 7, 2006, 4:37:38 PM4/7/06
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I picked up a nice piece a perfume bottle; blown, ground & poished
pontil, ground stopper. It's signed Eickhoff 1986. My assumption is
that 1986 is the year it was made, so it's far from antique. Does
anyone know who Eickhoff the glass blower is/was, and where he/she
worked? I'll get some pictures when I have some natural lighting. The
original owner did lots of shopping in NYC, San Francisco, the US
Southwest, London, and Paris, as well as other parts of Europe, so it
could have come from about anywhere. My google searches didn't turn up
anything useful.

Jessica

Kris Baker

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Apr 7, 2006, 4:55:27 PM4/7/06
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"Jessica V." <jeilee...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Looks to me like it's a German fashion store (perhaps our equivalent
of a pre-2000 Rodeo Drive establishment). Dusseldorf, it seems.

Kris

Kris


t-...@webemails.com

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Apr 7, 2006, 5:03:24 PM4/7/06
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They are listed in the Pullin book of sigs.
Not much info, though.

"Eickhoof. Active 1982 (Note: I beleive this just means that the
example they have
is dated 1982, thus they know Eickhoff was active at that time. On
these short little listings in this book, they just go with what
they've got. OK, back to the quote.)

"Signed in diamond point on the base of paperweight"

Then there is an example of the sig.

"Eickhoof
1982"

That's all there is. `

T.

t-...@webemails.com

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Apr 7, 2006, 5:07:09 PM4/7/06
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eickhoff, not eickhoof. Good grief. I think I have dyslexia.

;)

T.

t-...@webemails.com

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Apr 7, 2006, 5:14:06 PM4/7/06
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Let's try the old fashioned Alta Vista search engine. No one can out
Google Kris,
so we have to cheat. ;)

OK, here's this

Glas & Kristall Auktion aus Beckum im Bereich Antiquitäten & Kunst
... Belecke, Bohnenburg, Echelnpöten, Eickhoff, Hirschberg, Mülheim,
Niederbergheim, Oberbergheim ... 25Min, Gebote: 0, Preis: 9,95 €,
Beschreibung: Paperweight ... Kugel - Feuerwerk ...
www.beckum-auktion.de/xgl7478.html · Translate
More pages from beckum-auktion.de

Hmmm....

T.

Kris Baker

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Apr 7, 2006, 5:52:59 PM4/7/06
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<t-...@webemails.com> wrote in message
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Let's try the old fashioned Alta Vista search engine. No one can out
Google Kris,
so we have to cheat. ;)

OK, here's this

Glas & Kristall Auktion aus Beckum im Bereich Antiquitäten & Kunst
... Belecke, Bohnenburg, Echelnpöten, Eickhoff, Hirschberg, Mülheim,

Niederbergheim, Oberbergheim ... 25Min, Gebote: 0, Preis: 9,95 ?,


Beschreibung: Paperweight ... Kugel - Feuerwerk ...
www.beckum-auktion.de/xgl7478.html · Translate
More pages from beckum-auktion.de

Hmmm....

T.

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I'm not seeing what you're seeing, but I'm language-impaired.

Kris


Kris Baker

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Apr 7, 2006, 5:55:08 PM4/7/06
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<t-...@webemails.com> wrote in message
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> eickhoff, not eickhoof. Good grief. I think I have dyslexia.
>
> ;)
>
> T.
>

Eickhoof. Sounds like foot-in-mouth disease ;)

Kris


Tim Mullen

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Apr 7, 2006, 6:40:00 PM4/7/06
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In <0dBZf.9085$%m4....@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com> "Kris Baker" <kris....@prodigyy.net> writes:

>Eickhoof.

Geusundheit.

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t-...@webemails.com

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Apr 7, 2006, 6:40:27 PM4/7/06
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Well, it's just a glass and crystal auction that lists Eickhoff. But
that's it. I looked around the site and never could find a singular
listing for Eickhoff.
So, I guess all this shows is that it exists. ;)

T.

Chuck Kalus

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Apr 7, 2006, 7:29:11 PM4/7/06
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Is it possible that the piece is signed "EICKHOLT"? If so, do a web search
for Robert Eickholt. You'll find lots of sites selling his art glass. I have
several pieces of his work and met him at an arts festival in South Florida
a few months ago.

He opened his studio in 1978, so your piece could certainly have been made
by him. Hope this helps.


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Kris Baker

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Apr 7, 2006, 8:46:17 PM4/7/06
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"Tim Mullen" <t...@panix.com> wrote in message
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> In <0dBZf.9085$%m4....@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com> "Kris Baker"
> <kris....@prodigyy.net> writes:
>
>>Eickhoof.
>
> Geusundheit.
>
> --
> Tim Mullen

Thank you. I needed that.

Kris


Kris Baker

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Apr 7, 2006, 8:48:51 PM4/7/06
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"Chuck Kalus" <cka...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Jessica V." <jeilee...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1144442258.4...@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>I picked up a nice piece a perfume bottle; blown, ground & poished
>> pontil, ground stopper. It's signed Eickhoff 1986. My assumption is
>> that 1986 is the year it was made, so it's far from antique. Does
>> anyone know who Eickhoff the glass blower is/was, and where he/she
>> worked? I'll get some pictures when I have some natural lighting. The
>> original owner did lots of shopping in NYC, San Francisco, the US
>> Southwest, London, and Paris, as well as other parts of Europe, so it
>> could have come from about anywhere. My google searches didn't turn up
>> anything useful.
>>
>> Jessica
> Is it possible that the piece is signed "EICKHOLT"? If so, do a web search
> for Robert Eickholt. You'll find lots of sites selling his art glass. I
> have several pieces of his work and met him at an arts festival in South
> Florida a few months ago.
>
> He opened his studio in 1978, so your piece could certainly have been made
> by him. Hope this helps.

I think you've got it. I just googled, and see lots of listings.

Kris


Jessica V.

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Apr 7, 2006, 11:04:04 PM4/7/06
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Chuck Kalus wrote:
> Is it possible that the piece is signed "EICKHOLT"? If so, do a web search
> for Robert Eickholt. You'll find lots of sites selling his art glass. I have
> several pieces of his work and met him at an arts festival in South Florida
> a few months ago.
>
> He opened his studio in 1978, so your piece could certainly have been made
> by him. Hope this helps.

Thank you Chuck, you nailed it! What the way the "L" looped into the
"T' to form the cross is what made me think it was double F's. It was
pretty quick to find several examples of his signature online and it's
a match. I appreciate the help.

Thanks for the attempts Kris & T.

Jessica

maryann kolb

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Apr 8, 2006, 8:38:01 AM4/8/06
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How about joining DAM--Mothers Against Dyslexia!!!

Mary Ann

t-...@webemails.com

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Apr 8, 2006, 12:21:47 PM4/8/06
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Shoot, it was worth it just for all the good Eickhoof jokes. ;)

T.

mjmotley

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