Topic: pink mould blown vase with 'stepped' foot.

[Paul S.]

this is unlike my only piece of pink Nazeing  -  the 'flecking' seems quite different, so need some help with attribution please.  I understand that 'stepped' bases like this were a feature of Nazeing in the late '40's and 50's, so maybe it is.   The rim is fire polished, and there is the feel of a welt all round the rim  -  the piece is cased in clear, far more noticeable from the base upwards, and the bottom appears flat, as from the mould, and with reasonable age wear.    Height is a shade under 8"/200mm.   The streaking is quite fine, as are the bubbles.   Hope someone able to assist and thanks for looking .

[Paul S.]

just realized that these pictures taken under electric light are not representative of daylight colour, and probabaly misleading.............so, herewith a couple more taken this morning without any artificial light.     Hope they are more helpful.

[chopin-liszt]

I do recognise the shape - but I can't remember if it's specific for Nazeing or for something else.....  :pb:

[Paul S.]

thanks Sue  -  please do keep the old grey matter working for me

[chopin-liszt]

It might be Hartley Wood...... somebody else will know, Paul!
I've definitely seen one in a deep blue colour - and it was a bit rough or crude around the edges - not the best-finished of beasts, which is why I'm thinking HW.

[Paul S.]

uhmmm  -  well, although this is a simplistic piece, it isn't what I'd really call rough or crude - at least the colour is attractive - almost bordering on a watery cranberry.       It has a mould finished base, yes, and a fire polished top, so I guess probably inexpensive in it's day.   Was HW the poor man's Gray-Stan/SW/Webb Corbett/Monart??

[chopin-liszt]

Personally, I don't think so - personally I just see HW as just being a bit more "hand-made-ish" - for lack of a better expression - I'm not saying the others weren't hand made, obviously! There were a lot of surface flaws on the blue bit I saw and handled. I think HW is seriously under-rated. (though I can't say I like these bits much!)
Materials and equipment hadn't been refined to such a good degree of workability as they were for the Studio Glass Movement - hence the problems with the annealing of Monart, as an example.

[Paul S.]

sorry, don't understand Sue (forgive my inexperience) - isn't annealing just the lengthy cooling down process  -  so how does that affect qualtity - or have I mis-read your comments.

[chopin-liszt]

Yep, it's the lengthy, tightly-controlled, cooling down process.
Which at Monart was not remotely well-controlled, but a bit subject to all sorts of vagaries including, I believe, the prevailing winds penetrating the wooden buildings and they tried to rush it sometimes - which is why Monart has that highly interesting feature of suddenly becoming a three-dimensional jig-saw, especially if stored in attics.
The other interesting feature is that they actually hold together as 3-D jigsaws!

There's one here.
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,32407.0.html