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Offline Marc1976

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Mdina Ochre globe
« on: August 08, 2017, 05:44:34 PM »
Hi all. Could anyone please advise the approximate year of production for this lovely little ochre globe?

Many thanks :).

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Re: Ochre globe
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2017, 07:25:17 PM »
"Plain" ochre is often assumed to be early experimental. Often found on small globes, with elegant slim flanges, (indicating post-Boffo's arrival) but they didn't actually go into being a production range as far as we know. Hence the "assumed early experimental". They're not what I'd call rare, others might.
(To me "rare" means there are one or two of them on the planet.)
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Re: Ochre globe
« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2017, 08:12:54 PM »
For the benefit of those (including myself) who know little about glass made in Malta, would somebody please say which company this item was made by.
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Re: Ochre globe
« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2017, 08:25:55 PM »
Apologies Kevin. It's Mdina glass.

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Re: Ochre globe
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2017, 05:11:33 PM »
These were made while Harris was still at Mdina and probably for a year or two afterwards as far as I can tell. They tend to be relatively thinly blown for Mdina and nicely made, with a neck and rim like that maybe 71/72/73 or thereabouts.

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Re: Ochre globe
« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2017, 11:05:50 PM »
Many thanks John :). You're right, it's very thinly blown and it surprised me when I first held it.

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Re: Mdina Ochre globe
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2018, 09:10:30 PM »
I bought this globe vase recently, hoping it to be early Mdina. I am not sure. It is 9.5 cm high x 9 cm diameter and the rim is 3.9 cm in diameter. The base is polished flat and not signed. It is similar in shape to the vase posted earlier in this thread. I note Sue's comment that the plain ochre globe vases are thought to early experimental pieces. Is this one of these?

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Re: Mdina Ochre globe
« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2018, 12:05:54 PM »
It looks fine to me Anton. They do come in various thicknesses and depths of colour.
I had a large thick globe with a button rim that was practically clear yellow.
The neck shape can vary, I've seen others with this sort of stretched up, rather than shaped, neck. The rims can be either buttony or slim.
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Re: Mdina Ochre globe
« Reply #8 on: February 18, 2018, 08:11:25 PM »
I would not described them as experimental, more standard production but probably less popular than the more commonly seen blue green versions. They are likely to have been made made for several years, some have Mdina signatures that are typical of the mid 70s and beyond.

 

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