Topic: Posy vase, pink brown and green, Victorian?

[glassobsessed]

I have two of these little vases, they are 3 inches tall (7.5cm) and although quite thin walled they feel heavy for their size. Construction looks to be an opaque white layer then small brown chips followed by larger rose pink and turquoise shards with a clear casing on top.

Any ideas, could they be Victorian in date?

John

[glassobsessed]

Any thoughts welcome, I am getting nowhere.

[chopin-liszt]

It gives a similar sort of impression to me as does a lot of stuff sometimes called "cottage glass".

My (ignorant and uneducated) guts shouted S&W on first impression, before enlargement. They didn't tell me if they'd changed their opinion after enlarging or not. They might be a little bit overenthusiastic.

[Ivo]

first thought is Bohemian as we see a lot of this type of glass over here while the british ones are pretty rare.

[Paul S.]

does this have the sort of wear that would be expected assuming it is 'Victorian in date?'

to my uneducated eyes both colours look almost too bright to be C19 - have a look at the Fenton vase on page 73 in Jackson's '20th Century Factory Glass' for a similar colourway  - mid 1960's.            Just a suggestion

[glassobsessed]

If that vase was not described as Fenton I would have sworn it was a bit of Welz... There is wear but it is in a very narrow ring around the edge, making the rest of the base look very clean, you really need a loupe to see it clearly. If they are a hundred or so years old they have not had a hard life.

Bohemian was my first impression too Ivo, almost like some early Welz in some respects. They don't feel like Welz when in the hand though, all in all I would not be surprised if Paul is right and they are much more modern than that.