Topic: stuning mermaids and tritons big glass vase or centerpiece ID PLEASE

[flying free]

thanks - was that technique used in Czechoslovakia?  I know it was in France, but just wondered whether it was a peculiarly French technique.
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[pamela]

hi Hugo,
Frank posted a link to M Model, Verdun in this thread:

http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,50647.msg287640.html#msg287640 

and more here:

http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,36935.msg287679.html#msg287679

http://www.verdun.fr/Vie-quotidienne/Culture-Sport-Loisirs/Musee-de-la-Princerie/Nouvelles-acquisitions/Du-Verre-Art-Deco-au-Musee

any faint mark on yours also?  i don't say yours is Verdun, but similarities are obvious to me

[ttttootall]

Maybe 1930's Phoenix Glass.

[Ohio]

While they used some intricate molds its not Phoenix or U.S.

[Frank]

While Model is a possibility I have not seen mermaids that tally. There are other short lived French makers for this type of glass and somewhere I have a catalogue from another. It is surprising that this one has eluded an id so far... but the design of the top is significant. There are some Czech similar and also French that used similar, it has always struck me as the top of a container/bottle works. There are some of those that ventured into decorative glass in that period.

This type of stain was used elsewhere but mostly France.

[Mosquito]

Had a look through my resources but sadly I must have remembered wrongly as I can't find this model. While as Frank says the coloured stain/ patina was mostly a French technique, Inwald at least used similar applied colours. Several Barolac pieces are known with this effect -- for example the 'Loss of the Revenge' vase shown in Manley has a green stain, while I've had floral vases of theirs with various coloured stains.

[flying free]

Thanks Steven, that's good to know
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