I have searched through the Pressglass-Korrenspondenz that I have (1998 to 2004) and found several Portieux catalog pictures, but they were all of the same hand as shown above, with a quite different base to my Beggar's Hand vase, which is the kind we find quite commonly.
I did find out that Portieux called these "porte-allumettes" which I think means either a match holder or a spill holder.
Has anyone seen a Beggar's hand item with the beading and patterning round the base as shown in the catalog picture? Or one like mine with a makers' mark on it?
Marinka Bozzec and I need this information for the article on Glass Hand Vases for the Glass Museum (forthcoming soon).