Topic: Caithness Vase?

[tambo84]

Hi folks,

Picked this up in a charity shop today. A nice wee vase with a kind of ribbon going through it. After a bit of searching, I found a similar design marked as Caithness Glass. What do you think? I am based in Scotland, if that makes it more likely

The other picture is a bowl that caught my eye. The inside of the vase looks like the inside of a flower! Murano maybe?

I am new to this game, and I haven't quite got the hang of separating the wheat from the chaff yet, so any help would be appreciated. I will try to restrain myself and not post up everything I can't identify though 

Thanks

[chriss]

Hi the vase you got thinking its a Caithness vase looks like Caithness Flamenco to me, you can find info about it on the scotlandglass.co.uk its a great database full of info

[tambo84]

Hi Chris,

Thanks for your reply and for the link. I hadn't seen that site before - it looks very useful!

Cheers

[chriss]

No worries, great site One of the more knowledgeable members here is the web master of the site I think I'm sure someone else can help you further

[Lustrousstone]

I think your vase is Caithness Oban. Your bowl looks like Spanish recycled glass.

[Wuff]

At first sight I also thought of Flamenco - a whole lot of goodies were made in that range - vases of various shapes and sizes, bowls, paperweights, ringstands, perfume bottles, clocks - which is likely why so many people remember that design. BUT - in none of my catalogues (I don't have a complete set, but a fair selection) I find this vase shape for Flamenco.

Being a paperweight person I was much less familiar with the Oban range (no paperweights there) - but the design shows some similarity - and Oban includes vases of your shape: I second Christine's attribution.

[KevinH]

Hi Tambo84, would you please start a new thread for the bowl.

If we have discussions and IDs for different items in one thread it can become confusing and we cannot then easily separate the parts under country forums.

[chriss]

Hi, yes Wuff, I just had first sight lol!   and yes, Lustrousstone is right with Oban  

[tambo84]

Hi all,

Thanks for the replies, I'm impressed. I would never have known it was made in Oban.

Wuff - I haven't even started on paperweights yet, so much to learn!

Kevin H - okay, no problem. I tried to remove the bowl but I guess there isn't an 'edit post' option.

Cheers

[Wuff]

I would never have known it was made in Oban.

You have to differentiate between Oban as one of the Caithness factories (opened in 1969) and Oban as design range (according to Mark Hill's book designed in 1968 by Charles Orr and Paul Ysart). The years indicate a connection between naming the design and opening the factory - but my knowledge of art glass is insufficient to know whether the Oban items were manufactured in Oban only and not in Wick as well.