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Author Topic: 19th century, probably Bohemian, overshot glass large footed vase with gilding  (Read 5659 times)

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I was very excited to find this at the weekend  :o
stands 20cm (8") tall by 9cm wide at foot and rim.  The foot is completely hollow right up to where the bowl is joined on top and has a flat polished rim, bevelled edge on both inside and outside.

I'm a huge fan of overshot glass and I have particularly coveted some of these pieces on a certain website for a long time. I would have  loved Paul's Nautilus shells  ( linked below for future reference)   I believe they are from a similar era and also probably Bohemian and  they are remarkably similar in style to my goblet.  However this is a good second best  ;D  It sparkles brilliantly under lighting and is in fantastic condition and with no dirty patches.  

So, this is my new addition to 'my favourite pieces'.  I have found Spanish and French overshot pieces ( and some that are mentioned as 'Victorian English' but I wasn't sure they actually were) but none are the same somehow as this.  Bohemian feels right although I can't be 100% sure.
pauls link here http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,44873.msg250092.html#msg250092
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Very nice :mrgreen: :mrgreen: and I'm not 'into' glasses,is that overshot on crackle? ;D ;D

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Keith it's not a glass I don't think. The rim (the bit painted gold) is slightly narrower than the body of the bowl and at 8" tall by 3 3/4" wide you'd be pretty drunk after one glass lol.  It may be a 'chalice' type thing, but I think it is just a vase.  The overshot is not 'over' crackle but it has 'crackled' slightly so possibly rolled in shards then blown out very slightly afterwards.

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8 inches tall! may be a tad much for a large scotch :o :o ;D ;D

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I need one of these to match this if it is a glass Keith  ;D  ...actually I need one of these even if it isn't a glass  :o
http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5463058
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Ooh yes,if you ever see two,save me one :thup: ;D ;D

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I have no idea about these sort of things but i was reading this post yesterday... http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,25682.0.html

There are one or two items there similar to yours, still no luck with attribution though.
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Thankyou!! I remembered Max had some glasses but I could not find the thread for love nor money yesterday.
I thought they had been id'd as French? but I've found some Clichy pieces, and I thought the foot looked different so went off that idea...but that's not to say they couldn't be French I guess  :-\
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the thread on Max's goblets here
for future reference
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,6581.msg56078.html#msg56078

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there is 'La Cristallerie de Clichy' book available online in limited viewing, but having been through I cannot see anything definitive that would link mine.
There are references to overshot glass - 'Cristal Granite' (with an accent on the e) on pages 159,140,154,184,186,187.
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