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Charles Lotton Vase
« on: July 24, 2014, 10:14:47 PM »
Sue (chopin-liszt ) asked me to post some pics of a Charles Lotton vase I recently purchased.  What attracted me to it, is it's iridescence which matches nicely the Loetz vases in my collection.  It measures 7" x 7".

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Re: Charles Lotton Vase
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2014, 10:31:26 PM »
I've reposted the pictures as I'm hoping the smaller size will show off the finish a little better.  The larger size doesn't show the detail that well.

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Re: Charles Lotton Vase
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2014, 11:36:23 AM »
Lovely. I like the texture

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Re: Charles Lotton Vase
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2014, 01:13:28 PM »
Thanks Christine, the texture is one of the things that drew me to it. 

Rick

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Re: Charles Lotton Vase
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2014, 03:13:55 PM »
any date on it? It looks like one of his earlier pieces. Haven't seen Charles for a couple of years, hope he's still doing OK, he's got to be about 75 by now and last time I saw him he was still making a lot of glass.

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Re: Charles Lotton Vase
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2014, 03:25:34 PM »
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Scrumptious. Absolutely scrumptious... or is it truly scrumptious?  I'll go with both.

Thank-you so much for showing us, rainbows and textures and vivid, bright colours all working together perfectly,
I much prefer it to the non attributed piece, lovely though it was.

The orange will be lovely with any green Loetz you have, with the iridesence pulling them together. :)
Cheers, Sue M. (she/her)

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Re: Charles Lotton Vase
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2014, 12:44:31 AM »
Thanks for the kind comments and excellent description Sue.  I wish you could see it in person as the colors are gorgeous!  Unfortunately, the pics don't do it justice.  And yes, it compliments my Loetz pieces beautifully.   

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Re: Charles Lotton Vase
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2014, 12:47:56 AM »
any date on it? It looks like one of his earlier pieces. Haven't seen Charles for a couple of years, hope he's still doing OK, he's got to be about 75 by now and last time I saw him he was still making a lot of glass.
 
I don't know what qualifies for an early piece, but it's dated 1990.

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Re: Charles Lotton Vase
« Reply #8 on: July 28, 2014, 12:25:54 PM »
That is lovely. 1990 is not vintage to me. I own his vases from the early 1970 s. 1972 is the earliest I have seen. About three years ago we stopped at the factory. We watched a perfume bottle made and bought a paperweight.  Charles was sitting in his office and told a man that "the gas company loves me!" Go figure! My best memory is walking across downtown Grand Haven, Michigan to an ice cream stand and he bought me ice cream.

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Re: Charles Lotton Vase
« Reply #9 on: July 28, 2014, 01:40:18 PM »
What a lovely treat it must have been to actually go to his factory and- to top it off- have him buy you ice cream!  Have you posted any of your early pieces?  I'd love to see some.

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