Topic: Chribska? or looky likey?

[heartofsklo]

Measures 28/29cm tall. The base has a central pontil mark plus it has four impressed short lines or pressure marks equally set around the pontil area.
Looks like it should be Chribska to me but arent they all flat bottomed not having a pontil scar?, but wadda I know  

[Wayne]

Not sure who made it, but I don't think it's Chribska/Czech.  Kinda has that modern Chinese/Polish look to me, could be wrong though.

[heartofsklo]

Thanks Wayne. To be honest, there does not seem to be any wear/scratches to the base rim, its very "new" looking. Although, this is not always a true guarantee regarding age. I will plump for modern art glass at this stage.

[heartofsklo]

To follow up -

Today I found another of these vases, much larger but exactly the same. This one is a massive 42cm tall.

The source was elderly and said that they had owned it for many, many years. They seemed to think that they had almost always owned.

Anyone else have any clues or info to chip in on this?

[TxSilver]

It looks North American to me. The glass reminds me of some of the things made in the southwest US and Mexico, as well as in West Virginia. The vase is so familiar to me, but I can't place it.

[heartofsklo]

Here are a couple of images of the latest acquisition.

[Lustrousstone]

The size, unbalanced look and opal glass always make me think Chinese.

To quote Gregory House "Everybody lies"

[heartofsklo]

I often see remarks stating "Possibly (maybe, could be, looks like etc ) Chinese" but is there any info about all of this alleged Chinese glass? (as in a dedicated website or internet source for attributing all of the accused pieces ;- as I cannot find anything that supports the claims so far).Or did the phrase mainly start as a throw away comment for modern glass of no real or lesser quality?

[Wayne]

A quick search on the global trade site Alibaba is probably your best bet to get a feel for "cheap n cheerful" modern glass.

1600 results for "Murano Glass Vase", most from China:

http://www.alibaba.com/products/murano_glass_vase.html

Of course these are all brand new, and there is plenty of stuff around from the 70's or earlier that was made in China, Japan etc.

[heartofsklo]

Yes, I do get that there are modern glass items posing as "Murano" etc but I do not get, once again,

""and there is plenty of stuff around from the 70's or earlier that was made in China, Japan etc.""

Where are they to be found as a resource for everyone to be so sure?  or is it just an assumption that China/Japan made some of these hither to refefred to as "Chinese" or "Japanese" made pieces?

Is there not even a manufacturers list anywhere for such pieces of "probably from" China or Japan? How can anyone dig deeper without any real resources other than here say which so far is all I have come across so far.