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Author Topic: Brown vase, - ID = Alsterfors  (Read 1851 times)

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Offline janton77

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Brown vase, - ID = Alsterfors
« on: February 06, 2010, 12:26:03 AM »
Hi all

I will leave you all in peace now and have a good read on past threads...
Brown vase and not sure if it's British?

160mm x 70mm

Kind regards

Jay

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Re: Brown vase, British??
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2010, 10:29:48 AM »
I had one v similar to that but in aubergine which had a little label saying 'made in Sweden'.  Very thin glass and about (from memory) 7" high.

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Offline janton77

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Re: Brown vase, British??
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2010, 10:35:03 AM »
Not the best picture, and yes it's very thin glass, but good quality if it is Sweden would it be Glashytta/glasbruk??

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Re: Brown vase, British??
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2010, 09:47:00 PM »
Alsterfors.....


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Re: Brown vase, - ID = Alsterfors
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2010, 11:11:21 AM »
Glashytta = glasshouse/glassworks
glasbruk = glassworks

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Re: Brown vase, - ID = Alsterfors
« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2010, 10:40:17 PM »
I think this is double  :pb: :pb:
Look what I found in another one of my many boxes...

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J

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Re: Brown vase, - ID = Alsterfors
« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2010, 11:20:26 PM »
Hi all

I will leave you all in peace now and have a good read on past threads...
Brown vase and not sure if it's British? (Twit...)

160mm x 70mm

Kind regards

Jay

 

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