Topic: Cut glass vase

[Leni]

Just bought this vase this afternoon - apologies for the quality of the picture!  :roll:   http://tinypic.com/i5vxc2.jpg

As you can see, it's quite plain, but with rather nice sharp cutting.  I think it's rather elegant!   

It has no water staining (yippee!  :twisted: ) but a fair bit of wear on the base, and a large concave polished pontil mark : http://tinypic.com/i5vzer.jpg

I thought it looked as if it might have some age.  What's the opinion amongst the experts as to date and, if possible,  where made?

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Took a slightly better picture this morning - not a lot better  Sad
http://tinypic.com/i6cvp3.jpg
Any tips for better photographing of cut / clear glass?  I always seem to get the lighting / background wrong

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[glasswizard]

Hi Leni, Peter is right very difficult to ID. There are so many patterns by so many companies and certain motifs were used over and over in varying ways. As cut glass gained in popularity in the US and the designs became more and more elaborate, Identifying can become a nightmare. I can add a little I think though. The cutting on this is simple and uses  a motif called Strawberry and Fan. The strawberry part is the area of crosshatching and the fan of course are the lines that fan out from the bottom of the crosshatching. This was an early motif but was used extensively throughout cut glass production and probably even today. Because it is the main motif, and with the wear on the bottom, I would have to say not a recent piece. IMHO I am going to guess continental. It would take a real cut glass expert to tell us more. Terry

[Ivo]

Hunch: German ca. 1900. We see an awful lot of cutting in this style over here, it fills market stalls and is rather pricey. Usually it is chipped - only rarely can you find an undamaged one in the wild.