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Author Topic: Early Mdina vase ?  (Read 822 times)

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Offline chriscooper

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Early Mdina vase ?
« on: June 10, 2010, 12:11:08 PM »
It has very subtle colours - pale green with minimal green and yellow flecks - pale amethyst banding - rim is pale amethyst - has a couple of burst bubbles.

6" high - anything special?

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Re: Early Mdina vase ?
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2010, 12:36:23 PM »
Hi Chris

Nice piece - well balanced, small flared rim is indicative of early production, delicate colouring is more unusual, well done! Known as a pulled ears vase.

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Re: Early Mdina vase ?
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2010, 01:37:51 PM »
Button rim, pale amethyst, nice early "pulled ears vase".
All Suzy's comments seconded.
I like it more than she does though. She prefers deeper amethyst.
I always called these vases "Worfs" before I found out the proper name - but I'm a trekkie.
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Re: Early Mdina vase ?
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2010, 01:50:23 PM »
Ive got one like this, i much prefer it to the blue ones, which ive sold  :thup:
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Re: Early Mdina vase ?
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2010, 02:10:38 PM »
I'm hoping my lovely pair of blue ones will breed and have a purple one.

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Re: Early Mdina vase ?
« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2010, 02:02:55 PM »
Thanks for all the replies much appreciated, though it has  2 burst bubbles on the surface, think these are from the making as the holes are quite smooth with a ridge along the side, although I do realise this can happen anytime, still a nice piece though.
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Re: Early Mdina vase ?
« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2010, 02:08:01 PM »
If the bursts are annealed and of manufacturing origin, they're not a problem.
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Re: Early Mdina vase ?
« Reply #7 on: June 11, 2010, 04:48:10 PM »
An attempt at showing the burst bubbles


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