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Author Topic: Amber glass vase with clear reeded handles. ID help, please.  (Read 917 times)

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Offline agincourt17

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Amber glass vase with clear reeded handles. ID help, please.
« on: April 04, 2012, 07:57:59 PM »
Blow moulded amber glass vase with trumpet neck. Bulbous body has diamond optic moulding, and neck has ribbed and slightly wrythen moulding. Clear glass reeded handles. Base slightly depressed, and with dimpled tool marks (but no obvious pontil). Height approx. 25cm, body diameter approx. 12.5cm. 

Thank you in advance for your help.

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Offline scavo

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Re: Amber glass vase with clear reeded handles. ID help, please.
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2012, 11:08:50 PM »
Empoli.

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Re: Amber glass vase with clear reeded handles. ID help, please.
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2012, 08:10:05 AM »
I'd agree, most likely made in the Empoli region of Italy.  The wavy rim and style of handles are very common for Empoli glassware.  More or less impossible to determine the actual manufacturer as there are many.

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