Topic: Red cased glass vase, retro - ID = Whitefriars

[Gill]

This is the last one this week - honest!  This vase measures 24cms in height, it is quite heavy, the three corners of the triangle curve up from a round base, any ideas, I thought maybe Murano but there,s something about it that says "no" to me.  The clear  glass is particularly clear and bright.  Hope this one's not Chinese! It has some wear to the base.
URL: http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-3392


URL: http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-3391

URL: http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-3390 URL: http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-3389

[Della]

Hi Gill,

I know very little about Whitefriars, but it looks like a Tricorn vase to me.

http://whitefriars.com/isit_contents.php?ID=2044

[Pip]

I agree with Della - it looks like WF in Ruby Red.  One way to sometimes tell the difference is by weight - the Chinese ones usually being extremely lightweight and WF by contrast being nice and weighty.

[Gill]

Hurrah!, thanks everyone, certainly looks like it from the links.

[Ivo]

...Chinese ones usually being extremely lightweight

Correction please - anything clear cased is heavy regardless of where it has been made.

[Pat]

Yes it's WF tricorn

[josordoni]

I assume one of the ID pointers is the way the corners lift away at the base?

[Pat]

Yes I think it is.

[whitefriars 007]

Hi Gill

Your vase is 100% Whitefriars. Ruby tricorn vase pat no 9570 it is one of the most common  vases, value £10-£20 hope this helps.


http://www.whitefriars.com/catalogues/contents.php?ID=2044&id=10229

Regards
Trudy

[Pip]

...Chinese ones usually being extremely lightweight

Correction please - anything clear cased is heavy regardless of where it has been made.

I think you've misunderstood me Ivo (more likely I didn't explain my comment well).  I wasn't suggesting that all Chinese cased vases are light - just the ones that these WF tricorn vases get confused with. These particular ones are usually light as a feather and very cheap feeling and easily differentiated.  Other shapes and styles however I was excluding from my comment.