Just to prove I occasionally buy something for more than 1 euro, here is my new acquisition. I think it's really pretty. As far as I can see, it has 3 layers: a creamy white layer on the inside, a brown patterned one on top of that, and the outside is encased in clear glass. Looks handmade to me.
I'm not quite sure where it comes from. The seller told me (after we made the deal, so I doubt he had reasons to misinform me, he was merely redecorating his home) that he had bought it 5 years ago in a glass shop in France, and he didn't think the glass shop sold any secondhand goods.
It has no markings anywhere that I can determine. The pontil mark is semi polished away, you can still see it as a sort of leaf shape on the base (very hard to photograph). I vaguely remember that this sort of pontil mark was discussed somewhere, but I couldn't find that particular thread. I first thought Malta because of the pattern, but I think Malta and Gozo glassware is normally visibly signed. Given that it is big and dramatic and probably fairly contemporary, I thought it might be Polish. I ran through all the websites Cathy provided recently but alas, no sign of it anywhere.
Measurements: it's 31 cm tall, 9 cm diameter at the rim, 8 cm diameter at the base. The glass at the rim seems about 1 cm thick. It weighs 2700 gram.
So, would anyone be able to offer me some more origin info? And a technical question, how would you describe this sort of patterned opaque encased technique? Is that the same as what is called murrine, or is that different?
Thanks, Astrid
Topic: Pretty patterned brown vase - Polish perhaps? (Read 1415 times)
