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Olympic Torch ?
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Guess the pattern name!
The Olympic flame, meant to represent purity, was kindled from the rays of the sun using a parabolic mirror in a ceremony on10 May at Olympia, the home of the ancient Olympic Games.
It was taken on a 1,800 mile-long relay around Greece before being handed over to the Princess Royal in Athens.
The flame then travelled to the UK held in a lantern with three spares (just in case it went out), screwed into cradles on the aeroplane seats.
The plane named The Firefly landed in cornwall and then went on to Lands End to start the torch's journey 8000 miles around the UK. 8000 torch bearers will be involved in taking it through 1,019 towns villages and cities to arrive in the Olympic Stadium on 27th July.
The Princess Royal handing over the lantern to light the first of the British torches.
David Beckham has the honour of being the first Torch Bearer
So did you guess which carnival glass pattern has the honour of holding the Olympic Torch?
It's GRAPE AND CHERRY
and it is actually an intaglio design. Also seen in marigold colour. As for maker - not sure, so it may be another contender for the Mystery Album
Grape and Cherry bowl and torch photos courtesy of Carol Sumpter.
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I do feel confident saying that that the maker was NOT Sowerby (as some sources would have you believe).
I am not sure when the pattern was named Grape & Cherry, but it was listed as CHERRY (Early) while in the possession of L.G.Wright. In the current Mosser catalogue the pattern is listed as Grape & Cherry.
There are so many cherry patterns out there that personally I would rather keep the Grape addition as it easily describes what you see.
Glad you can see the website properly at the moment as I can't. I am having a problem with Webs.Com and some sort of coding that has clashed with some antivirus programs which are blocking it. Namely Bullguard, AVG and another called (I think) IE9. So I have to wait until they come up with a solution.
ps. From the Zep video, was I on the right track or was I thrown a red herring?
I can see the website perfectly on my desktop - everything is absolutely lovely and just as it was. But when I try to view it on a tablet it is very weird indeed (and yes, we have AVG on the tablet).
Re. this pattern, I agree with you completely on the name. Cherry (Early or Late) would be a poor name. Stick with Grape & Cherry :-)
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