Author Topic: Odd Green Vase (Read 809 times)

flick · « **on:** July 31, 2006, 10:48:31 AM »

Hello All

I found this strange vase in a charity shop last Friday. It has 8 indentations four near the base and four near the top, neatly spaced. It's about 25cm high and a bluey-green colour. The pontil has been ground but not very well (I think). The rim is curved not flat. Never seen anything like it before. Anyone?

http://static.flickr.com/47/202714789_d62124426d.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/71/202714788_11679bfede.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/78/202714787_294338c7d0.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/57/202714786_b2415c4d8d.jpg

Thanks

Flick

Pat · « **Reply #1 on:** July 31, 2006, 11:07:44 AM »

Is that red spot the remains of a label?

flick · « **Reply #2 on:** July 31, 2006, 11:09:46 AM »

Oh dear - it's the remains of the price tag!!! 10 swiss francs (GBP 4.50). Whoops!

Pinkspoons · « **Reply #3 on:** July 31, 2006, 11:13:38 AM »

Possibly Scandinavian, as both Holmegaard and Elme have used similar indentations on their glass, although I don't specifically recognise the design of your glass. I don't think the vase is by Holmegaard, though, and I don't know enough about Elme to even begin with an attribution there.

It's just a thought.

Pat · « **Reply #4 on:** July 31, 2006, 11:20:40 AM »

I don't think it's Holmegaard either. The rough pontil mark puts me off scandi though. But there are more scandi makers out there than I know about.

Ivo · « **Reply #5 on:** July 31, 2006, 11:30:08 AM »

Empoli

flick · « **Reply #6 on:** August 01, 2006, 08:36:02 AM »

Thanks Ivo, spot on! Just seen a similar one on the web made by V.V. Taddei, do you know of him/her at all?

Ivo · « **Reply #7 on:** August 01, 2006, 10:24:57 AM »

http://www.comune.empoli.fi.it/cdv/museo/vetrerie/taddei.htm