Topic: Egg shape vase with two size of bubbles and aqua inclusions

[langhaugh]

I like this piece a great deal, but I can't get a fix on it. It's quite light at .84 kg, 16 cm tall, and 13 cm wide at the the top. The outside rim on the bottom has a lot of wear on it. The pontil has been ground out and left a  concave section on the base. There are larger bubbles and smaller bubbles. The colour, a light aqua I'd call it, comes from inclusions that seem to accompany the small bubbles. All ideas gratefully considered.

Thanks.

David

[dirk.]

Hi David,
if the vase were more massive I would have said it´s a Dexel-egg, but as such a lightweight it only
bears a certain resemblance...  
http://shop.ebay.de/?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=dexelei&_sacat=See-All-Categories

[antiquerose123]

?

I know nothing about this artist (and I think pieces were signed - and yours is not) -- but I will throw it out there Schneider Glass...as I think I saw some vases with 2 sizes of bubbles, but this is just a GUESS.............so Welcome to Ignore it  :huh: :huh:  :spls2:

[Ivo]

Ichendorf, Zwiesel, Reijmyre?

[paulbowen]

This is a Dexel egg.  Some being hand made, they are not all exactly alike.  The inclusions are the give away, in addition to the shape and size.  This is a Dexel egg.

[paulbowen]

Sorry, I meant "since" being hand made, not "some" being hand made.

[langhaugh]

Thanks to all. When I bought it, I hoped it might be a Dexel egg. When I got home, however, all the photos of the egg in the WMF book seem to show that they are cased in clear, with the clear most obvious at the base.  My piece doesn't have any clear at the base. Paul, is the absence of clear at the base one of the variations that you would expect?

So I won't rule out a Dexel egg, but I'll look at the other suggestions as well.

Thanks again,

David

[paulbowen]

Usually the casings are really thick and heavy, but sometimes they can be quite light and then were ground down even more during cold working, so as to appear as not present at all.  This appears to be the case with yours.  :sm:   :vkg: