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Author Topic: Please help identify this vase - ID = Dartington  (Read 2618 times)

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Offline Franlow

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Please help identify this vase - ID = Dartington
« on: January 20, 2012, 12:33:51 PM »
I found this at a bootfair last year & thought it looked so stylish, I had to have it. The marks to the base are really clear & I thought it would be a simple job discovering who it is by. Three hours later & I'm giving up the will to live! My biggest problem is I don't know how to phrase my search properly. Can any kind soul give me a hand please?
TVM
Fran

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Re: Please help identify this vase
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2012, 12:36:12 PM »
We need to see a picture of the whole vase as well please

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Re: Please help identify this vase
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2012, 12:42:29 PM »
This is it, keep having to resize the photos!

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Re: Please help identify this vase
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2012, 12:44:23 PM »
I think this is the Dartington Glass Victorian range.
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Re: Please help identify this vase
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2012, 12:50:17 PM »
Boy how quick was that? Thankyou so much. Next time I won't waste time faffing around I'll come straight to the experts!
Fran xxxx :kissy:

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Re: Please help identify this vase
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2012, 12:57:59 PM »
It certainly does look as if it might be - but was Victorian not one of the ranges produced by the short-lived Dartington Studio?

I'm afraid I lost interest in the Studio stuff when they did the Victorian, not my taste, so I never bought any, and Victorian was the last range they did. I had been hopeful they'd carry on and do more.

The mark on the base is not that of Dartington Studio, which is an illustration of two blow-pipes with a blob of glass on their ends.

Or am I being ignorant about other Dartington ranges......... ?  :spls:
Cheers, Sue M. (she/her)

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Re: Please help identify this vase
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2012, 01:03:44 PM »
http://www.dartington.co.uk/living/type/vases/lily-vase.html#
It is the florabundance Lily range designed for the V&A. I have had my brolly in it by the front door :-[

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Re: Please help identify this vase
« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2012, 01:21:23 PM »
Sounds like a practical solution for a dripping brolly... Quite big then at 35cm.

Dartington Crystal then rather than Dartington Studio (or Dartington Glass).

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Re: Please help identify this vase
« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2012, 01:25:30 PM »
Well I never, I thought Dartington was just one company. Thanks so much.
Fran x

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Re: Please help identify this vase
« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2012, 01:50:38 PM »
It's current Studio stuff is called Innovate.

Glass is a diverse and fascinating subject, Franlow.... are you getting hooked yet?

Perhaps you should put something soft in the bottom of your vase to prevent your umbrolly marking the base - even if it's just some kitchen roll or bubblewrap - unless you can think of something more aesthetic which would serve the same purpose. I think this is a great use for it! It is to be enjoyed.
Cheers, Sue M. (she/her)

‘For every problem there is a solution: neat, plausible and wrong’. H.L.Mencken

 

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