Topic: Angular Tall Seedy Purple Vase. ID = Helena Tynell, Riihimaen Lasi

[Pinkspoons]

Continuing the purple bubbly glass theme...

A tall (~40cm) very seedy self-coloured bluey-purply vase. Not terribly heavy, moulded base, but a nicely cut/polished chamfered rim. No idea of age/origin - but some signs of wear to it.

Thanks for looking.

[Pinkspoons]

Mystery solved - Helena Tynell 'Katedraali' vase for Riihimaen Lasi, 1963.

[glassobsessed]

I thought it looked slightly familiar but I had Polish in mind...

Three sizes too: http://www.designlasi.com/en/content/katedraali-cathedral-1435-tynell-helena

Nice vase.

[Pinkspoons]

It was really familiar when I first saw it, but I couldn't at all remember from where.

When I picked it up and felt how light it was I *almost* dismissed it as very nicely styled - but very modern - department store glass.

It was only because the rim had been bevel cut that I decided to stick with it. Attention to detail from the manufacturer usually means good things. Turned out there's a vintage advert for the series illustrated in McConnell's C20 Glass book that I would have seen a fair few times.

[Frank]

Nice, and yours is a 4th size.

[Pinkspoons]

Sadly not - I didn't measure it after I'd photographed it, packed it away, and later just took a punt based on memory. Being a man, though, the estimate was obviously going to be bigger than the reality.

 

It's a little over 35cm.