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Title: Rainbow of colors...vase/bowl/sculpture, What is it?
Post by: ttttootall on April 12, 2014, 11:40:50 AM
This piece was purchased at an estate sale in Hendersonville, North Carolina (USA).

It is signed on the middle of the pontil and is very difficult to photograph even with  applied powder.

5" inches tall (12cm), 7"inches wide (18cm), 4"inches deep (10cm)

Any information, comments, etc... would be most welcome.

Thank you for looking,

Tony

Title: Re: Rainbow of colors...vase/bowl/sculpture, What is it?
Post by: ttttootall on April 12, 2014, 11:55:34 AM
Very similar to the style of Neal Drobnis, as seen here...http://chasengalleries.com/drobnis/index.html

Signatures do not match, and could not email/contact successfully to inquire about the piece in question.
Title: Re: Rainbow of colors...vase/bowl/sculpture, What is it?
Post by: pamela on April 12, 2014, 12:48:58 PM
wild guess: signature looks somehow hebraic - Israel ?  :-X
Title: Re: Rainbow of colors...vase/bowl/sculpture, What is it?
Post by: ahremck on April 13, 2014, 04:51:33 AM
That signature suffers from parts being lost in the highly coloured background.  I suggest taking another shot from a very shallow angle which leaves the signature dark and the surface appears whitish.  The pattern does not come into it at all.  A couple of photos to illustrate what I mean.

Ross
Title: Re: Rainbow of colors...vase/bowl/sculpture, What is it?
Post by: ttttootall on April 13, 2014, 03:00:50 PM
As many pictures that I have posted it seems for some reason resizing these is just not working. If I could email them to some one perhaps they could give it a try.
Thanks,
Tony
Title: Re: Rainbow of colors...vase/bowl/sculpture, What is it?
Post by: ttttootall on April 13, 2014, 09:49:10 PM
Trying...
Title: Re: Rainbow of colors...vase/bowl/sculpture, What is it?
Post by: ttttootall on April 13, 2014, 10:09:45 PM
Still trying ::)
Title: Re: Rainbow of colors...vase/bowl/sculpture, What is it?
Post by: ttttootall on April 13, 2014, 10:44:34 PM
Maybe this will help???
Title: Re: Rainbow of colors...vase/bowl/sculpture, What is it?
Post by: Anne on April 13, 2014, 10:56:11 PM
Tony, feel free to email me the images at full size if I can help with resizing them for you. yobunny AT hotmail.co.uk will reach me - change AT to @ and close up the spaces! ;)
Title: Re: Rainbow of colors...vase/bowl/sculpture, What is it?
Post by: ahremck on April 13, 2014, 11:00:39 PM
Tony the "Photo 1" is starting to be what I suggested but you still see way too much of the underlying pattern.  You can shoot at a much shallower angle still so it disappears.  Note min the two shots I posted the second you can't see the pattern at all - no distraction for the eyes,

Ross
Title: Re: Rainbow of colors...vase/bowl/sculpture, What is it?
Post by: ttttootall on April 13, 2014, 11:23:52 PM
Sorry to be such a pain...
Believe me when I say this is about the best  pics I can get. Had to use a magnifying loupe to get these.
The location (inside rough pontil) and size (small) of the mark/signature makes it almost impossible for me to do any better.
Thanks for all your help.
Tony
Title: Re: Rainbow of colors...vase/bowl/sculpture, What is it?
Post by: flying free on April 13, 2014, 11:35:32 PM
Think the date is 95 just in case that helps at some point..
I thought American Studio glass is often signed around the outside of the piece so might be looking outside America for maker?
I can't make anything out of the sig at all, I'm sorry.  It's not your photo (they are a complete pain to photograph when done in the pontil mark), but the mark is quite indistinct.  The first letter looks like a figure 8 but might be a B?
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Title: Re: Rainbow of colors...vase/bowl/sculpture, What is it?
Post by: Anne on April 18, 2014, 05:31:46 PM
Here are Tony's resized images - hope they help a bit.  8)
Title: Re: Rainbow of colors...vase/bowl/sculpture, What is it?
Post by: antiquerose123 on April 19, 2014, 03:03:08 AM
I tried to play with it (hope that is Okay) .........and this is what I think I can See??  Not saying it is right, just what I thought it could be.....to throw something more out there.

??  ??

Title: Re: Rainbow of colors...vase/bowl/sculpture, What is it?
Post by: ttttootall on April 19, 2014, 10:01:22 AM
Thank you all for the help with pictures they look really good.
Title: Re: Rainbow of colors...vase/bowl/sculpture, What is it?
Post by: ttttootall on June 27, 2014, 11:37:09 AM
Not sure if these signatures are related...but for some reason they look close to me.

Does anyone know the signature on the vase in this ebay listing:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/390873418931?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649