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Author Topic: Rainbow vase - English or Bohemian?  (Read 1326 times)

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Re: Rainbow vase - English or Bohemian?
« Reply #10 on: June 17, 2015, 07:27:58 PM »
How about Murano? If not a vase perhaps a Carafe?

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Re: Rainbow vase - English or Bohemian?
« Reply #11 on: June 17, 2015, 11:24:02 PM »
Hi John, I feel kind of silly - I didn't even consider Murano! Thank you. I know really close to nothing about Italian glass, but I could see the colors and shape being Italian...the neck is too narrow for a carafe, so I think I'll stick with a vase for the shape. My only experience with Murano is that I can tell Bohemian pieces that are misidentified as Murano on Ebay quite well - the rims are very different. From what I have seen, Murano glass vases have rounded polished rims, or rims that are cut straight across without the edge angle (or arris - I learned a new term in this thread!) Do you know if they ever did rims cut like the one on my vase? Thanks again! Michelle

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Re: Rainbow vase - English or Bohemian?
« Reply #12 on: June 18, 2015, 07:12:18 PM »
Good quality wares from Murano that are cut will often have little arrises or bevels like that so yes.

When you hold the vase up to the light and look through it, can you see any specks of ash or the occasional air bubble in the glass? More modern glass tends to have fewer impurities but there are plenty of exceptions. Is there much difference when comparing to your known Bohemian bits? Sixties Murano for example would likely be different to 1890s Harrach.

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Re: Rainbow vase - English or Bohemian?
« Reply #13 on: July 17, 2015, 08:16:35 PM »
I think this might be a  Stevens and Williams vase, a few seeds, lots of bubbles with a polished pontil and bell like ring.

8 inches in height, 6 inches across the rim and 3 3/4 inches across the base.

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Re: Rainbow vase - English or Bohemian?
« Reply #14 on: July 17, 2015, 08:25:19 PM »
I'm glass hunting down in Devon hence the dodgy pictures.
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Re: Rainbow vase - English or Bohemian?
« Reply #15 on: July 17, 2015, 08:35:00 PM »
I come across four today, two I bought were in good condition, the one posted and another i'm sure is S&W, i'll put a pic on in the morning.
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Re: Rainbow vase - English or Bohemian?
« Reply #16 on: July 18, 2015, 05:52:37 AM »
I have had quite a lot of S&W rainbow glass but none of mine had colours that strong or controlled the top looks like an egg cup top that was used quite a lot in British glass c 1900 but the base has a Murano/ bo/ czech  look , that just proves i dont know my elbow from my arris  ,sorry .

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Re: Rainbow vase - English or Bohemian?
« Reply #17 on: July 18, 2015, 09:07:13 AM »
Here is the other one.

10 3/4 inches across the rim.
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Re: Rainbow vase - English or Bohemian?
« Reply #18 on: July 18, 2015, 11:44:48 AM »
That one is S&W

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Re: Rainbow vase - English or Bohemian?
« Reply #19 on: July 22, 2015, 11:57:56 PM »
Chris, you have some lovely rainbow vases there. I agree with Christine that the green and deep pink is S&W for sure - from the 1930's-1950's, I believe? And johnphillip, I laughed out loud when I saw your arris comment!  :)

John (glassobsessed), my vase does have bubbles in it, and some impurities in the glass, but I think I am now leaning more towards perhaps the 1950's,  rather than earlier dates. Thanks so much for your suggestions.

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