Topic: TINY ETCHED FLOWER VASE

[bat20]

Hi all,i can't make this little 9cm oval vase out,it looks old but has no wear to the base,no shear mark or polished pontil,just a 1.5cm circle,the top is flat with a slight bevel so maybe a bohemian piece.I hope you can see the etching that to me looks like ferns growing out of a couple of toilets ,i think it maybe soda glass,but not sure,any thoughts many thanks .

[SantaR]

I can't help, but I'm laughing so hard, they ARE growing out of toilets!

Thank you for the laugh!

[Lustrousstone]

It's engraved not etched and I think it's a glass not a vase and English. Perhaps late 1830s onward when pteridomania kicked off

[bat20]

Ahh,i did mean to say engraved,promise,well that certainly pre dates the close coupled toilet!,i have to admit the glass bit surprises me as i haven't seen one like it before with a very narrow opening at the top and such a flat rim,nice surprise though ,thanks.What sort of drink would this glass have been made for?

[Lustrousstone]

I take the glass back because I hadn't realised it was flattened 

[bat20]

Thank god for that Christine,i've been sat here getting my top lip stuck in it fo 20mins

[Lustrousstone]

As long as that's all!! It's probably for violets; you see violet vases in lots of the catalogues

[bat20]

we're not talking a rummer here Christine.... ;)is the circle on the base something to do with putting a foot on an oval shape i wonder.

[Frank]

Circle is just the remains of the glass blob used to stick it to the punty iron. Just not polished off.

There is an scholarly article of fern vases on-line somewhere, search with Scotland/Scottish as one of the words. Not saying it is Scottish though.

[bat20]

Thanks i'll look it up.