Chance Glass

Blue Carre (Escher) 1974 - 4 inch

Pattern based on a design on a sheet of wrapping paper.



Not sure if this is Dark Red or Maroon Carre again, 4 inch



Duet or Duo 1981 4 inch



Blue Cordon 1961 4 inch



Red Cordon 7 inch on clear glass



Large 8 inch Black Cordon



Red Polka Dot 4 inch - 1974



Dark Green Polka Dot 4 inch clear glass



Large 8 inch Bandel Type 1 Black Clear glass c 1960



Gingham Red 5 inch clear glass 1978



Blue Gingham 5 inch clear glass 1978



The base of the red and blue Gingham. Note the pattern difference. This apparently was a nightmare for Chance/Fiesta
to get right.

Some recent Chance finds.

l to r 4" transparent purple, 8" yelow cordon, 4" orange psychedelic

There is a Chance Ashtray on ebay with, I think, a Townsend Piper. For only 8.00 (and that's dollars not pounds). I think it's mine!

Carolyn

Saw a reverse polka dot hankie vase today - didn't have any money on us and we couldn't be bothered to walk to the cashpoint quite a way away so we didn't buy it. It's the red and white polka dot design but the reverse colourway (red dots onto a white ground) which is pretty rare. Will make a great bargain for whoever ends up buying it (had a ticket price of only £12!!!).

[b]Maroon Fleur-de-Lys, 7"[/b]

I've never seen one with a lable before





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A question for the Chancer's:

My Dad was in the army (Gurkha Rifles) and I remember an ashtray similar to the above with their regimental emblem on it, long since smashed / lost - could that have been Chance Glass?

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skay wrote:A question for the Chancer's:

My Dad was in the army (Gurkha Rifles) and I remember an ashtray similar to the above with their regimental emblem on it, long since smashed / lost - could that have been Chance Glass?

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Yep it could well have been chance. They made all sorts of commercial, commerative and advertising bits of glass.
Shame it's gone.

When did it close ?, I am sure I saw the chance building just off the M6, not long ago , obviously empty

Officially Chance was absorbed by Pilkington in 1981 when they moved North. They started in 1824, so a long history.

Ok, cheers

I am now the proud owner of a lovely piece of Scottish Kitsch. A Chance (complete with label -- glass collecting for dummies) plate with a Peter Townsend (I'm pretty sure) Piper on it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230505927921&ssPageName=ADME:X:AAQ:US:1123

Carolyn

A Kenneth Townsend design yes - a bargain too Carolyn :)

And now I own a second, possibly chance, probably not a Townsend (either Peter or Kenneth). It does, however, have the regimental arms for my husband's grandfather (the Cameronians). I'll take pictures of it shortly. (No labels this time). And they are getting cheaper. This one was only $6.00.

Carolyn

Chance ' Calypto' Pattern water jug