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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic, Austria => Topic started by: lisa2011 on March 13, 2011, 05:43:07 PM
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Hello,
I've been meaning to sign up here for ages, I collect the miniature glass animals from the 60s and 70s.
I collect them for fun, and would like to find out more about them, and share my collection..
Today, I purchased this glass vase, because I've never seen anything quite like it before. It may originally have had a lid. It seems to have some age to it, because it has surface scratches on the base
even though it shows in the photo as a black background its on a blue glass background
it has a strange texture, it's not smooth.
The lady I purchased it from, said it was her Mother IN Laws. She said she travelled in Europe a lot, I asked her if she ever went to the Mediterranean ?sp? because at a complete guess, from my little knowledge of my glass animals, id say that;s where it was from.
it has a few nibbles around the rim. it measures around 13cm tall.
I just wondered if anyone could tell me a little more about it.
I love the vivid colours, oranges, reds, blues and greens!
Hope I've entered the pics ok. :)
(http://i54.tinypic.com/2rmv6ed.jpg)
(http://i56.tinypic.com/11v5m5x.jpg)
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Almost certainly Bohemian/Czech, late 19th C through to 1930s. It probably had a metal grid for holding flowers rather than a lid. This is often called spatter glass and was made by many companies in different colours and shapes.
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Oh wow. Im amazed and so impressed. a reply within minutes with just the info I was after :thup: wow you know your stuff :)
Thank you :)
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This seems to be an original grill... :)
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oh look at that :) thats almost exactly the same!
:clap:
so, can anyone tell me how this would have been made. was it factory produced or handmade?
is it blown in to a mould? are the colours laid on top of the blue vase?
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:hiclp: :hiclp: :thup: Nice Piece !!
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It was made by hand in a factory. A lot of glass was and is. A blue glass blob was hand blown into a bubble, then it was rolled in glass chips on a metal slab called a marver. Then it was reheated before hand blowing into a mould to form the final shape. The chips melt onto the surface but are not completely smoothed out. That's a bit of an "economy" description but near enough.
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Nice example.... Czech/Bohemian for sure.... Great color combination.....
Craig
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Hello Lisa2011, :hi: Lovely vase, now can we see the animals please .....there is a thread running in the Café section of 'themed displays...you show me yours, I'll show you mine'......pleeeze ;D
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The thread Rosie refers to above was recently moved to the Glass forum. See here:
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,39041.msg215804.html#msg215804
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Yes, Sorry KevH, it was getting late and my brain was shutting down for the night!!
Hope to see your animals there soon Lisa...... :sun: