Re: Re: OT: Iris artifacts

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  From Fred Kerr:  

> I thought every serious irisarian wanted two artifacts: The Genus Iris
> by W. R. Dykes (the original edition, of course) and a set of sterling
> silver of Silver Iris. Both of these can be found on e-bay and, for
> me, both come under the heading "major investment." Silver Iris from
> International Silver has a design that fills my requirements: it looks
> like a bearded iris and not like the victim of Poast spraying as do so
> many designer redditions of iris. 
> 
	Of further interest is the fact that some of these 'turn of the century' patterns
show iris forms that had not been developed yet, especially the 
Flower de Luce pattern.

	I have two antique vases made in the 1800's that feature the 
EDITH WOLFORD color pattern and ten pieces of carefully 
preserved Goofus glass that show the LILAC CHAMPAGNE color 
pattern.  These patterns had not been developed when the pieces 
were made.

	Regardless of the form, these patterns show that the artists 
were quite visionary.

     Walter Moores
	Enid Lake, MS 7/8 USA
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