No-one likes general adverts, and ours hadn't been updated for ages, so we're having a clear-out and a change round to make the new ones useful to you. These new adverts bring in a small amount to help pay for the board and keep it free for you to use, so please do use them whenever you can, Let our links help you find great books on glass or a new piece for your collection. Thank you for supporting the Board.

Author Topic: Monart Glass Bowl Shape/size confirmation please  (Read 1517 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Greg.

  • Members
  • **
  • Posts: 1815
Monart Glass Bowl Shape/size confirmation please
« on: March 30, 2014, 04:47:24 PM »
Hi,
Just wanted double check the correct shape and size for this shallow Monart bowl, sits on a slightly raised base and also internally the bowl is slightly recessed. Would this be shape Y and size VI at 9.75 inches in diameter and 2.25 inches high...?

Many thanks
 :)

Offline Gary

  • Members
  • **
  • Posts: 728
  • Gender: Male
Re: Monart Glass Bowl Shape/size confirmation please
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2014, 06:18:59 PM »
Sorry to disappoint, but your piece is not Monart it is either Vasart or Strathearn.
Gary

Offline Greg.

  • Members
  • **
  • Posts: 1815
Re: Monart Glass Bowl Shape/size confirmation please
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2014, 06:40:50 PM »
Thanks Garry. That explains why I couldn't find the shape  :)

Offline chopin-liszt

  • Members
  • **
  • Posts: 14462
    • Scotland, Europe.
Re: Monart Glass Bowl Shape/size confirmation please
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2014, 07:24:07 PM »
More likely Vasart, given the ground, flattened button over the pontil scar?
Cheers, Sue M. (she/her)

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

Offline Greg.

  • Members
  • **
  • Posts: 1815
Re: Monart Glass Bowl Shape/size confirmation please
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2014, 08:09:42 PM »
Hi Sue  :) - quite right it does have the button pontil mark. I'll take a look into Vasart, I presume there's quite a lot of commonality between them both.

Offline chopin-liszt

  • Members
  • **
  • Posts: 14462
    • Scotland, Europe.
Re: Monart Glass Bowl Shape/size confirmation please
« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2014, 12:42:54 PM »
Which both?  ;)
Vasart and Strathearn, or Vasart and Monart?
Cheers, Sue M. (she/her)

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

Offline Greg.

  • Members
  • **
  • Posts: 1815
Re: Monart Glass Bowl Shape/size confirmation please
« Reply #6 on: March 31, 2014, 02:25:45 PM »
I suppose technically between all three  :) - However, I was referring to Vasart and Strathearn as suggested above.

Offline chopin-liszt

  • Members
  • **
  • Posts: 14462
    • Scotland, Europe.
Re: Monart Glass Bowl Shape/size confirmation please
« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2014, 02:39:26 PM »
There is a huge difference between the colours used at Vasart and those used by Monart and Strathearn.
The colours used by Vasart were highly restricted because of lack of availabilty of enamels during the war, although many designs were similar - the use of the swirls, the inclusion of crushed canes at a join between two colours, aventurine (or mica from Woolie's, in winter).


They even scraped the enamels off old tiles to get hold of coloured glass, and found a resource in the celadon green glass used in bathrooms and kitchens. Were they did use bright colours, it was only because they had a few left over from Monart.

But by the time Strathearn got going, lovely bright colours were available again. (Strathearn is not known to have used mica chips)
Cheers, Sue M. (she/her)

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

Offline Greg.

  • Members
  • **
  • Posts: 1815
Re: Monart Glass Bowl Shape/size confirmation please
« Reply #8 on: March 31, 2014, 03:14:58 PM »
Thanks for enlightening a sassenach on the subtleties of colour and style between the three :), much appreciated.

Offline chopin-liszt

  • Members
  • **
  • Posts: 14462
    • Scotland, Europe.
Re: Monart Glass Bowl Shape/size confirmation please
« Reply #9 on: March 31, 2014, 04:40:40 PM »
You are most welcome - but the Garys and Frank and others are far better than I am - anything they say over-rules me!

Moulds were used far more often at Strathearn, and it tends to have the "Leaping Salmon" mark pressed onto the pontil scar button. They also used far more clear bright colours (rather than opaque).

The "Vasart" script, often found on the base beside a button, was written using a match-stick dipped in acid - so it can be a bit thick and a little bit "amateur"-looking.
Cheers, Sue M. (she/her)

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

 

SMF spam blocked by CleanTalk
Visit the Glass Encyclopedia
link to glass encyclopedia
Visit the Online Glass Museum
link to glass museum


This website is provided by Angela Bowey, PO Box 113, Paihia 0247, New Zealand