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Title: Holmegaard or Polish items?
Post by: Tigerchips on February 04, 2006, 10:30:05 PM
This could be polish rather than Holmegaard. The colour matches my Holmegaard canister. The jug is 7 inches high and weighs 910 grams.  The glasses are 3.5 inches high and they weigh 200 grams each. Lots of ware to the base of the glasses.
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This is probably not Holmegaard but the shape is similar, though my bowl is a bit flatter. 14 inches in length and it weighs an impressive 1860 grams. Some ware to the base. It's dark blue in the middle and gradually turns into a turquoise colour towards the rim.
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I'm just checking to see if this really is a genuine Holmegaard flower holder with an MB (Michael Bang) monogram. Also, if it is, how old might it be and what sizes did they come in? This one is 7 inches high. Thanks
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Many Thanks.  :)
Title: Holmegaard or Polish items?
Post by: Della on February 04, 2006, 11:13:34 PM
Hi Tigger,

Here is your green vase with the original Holmegaard sticker;
http://www.pottery.dk/Holmegaard%20mb.jpg
Will keep surfing for the others.

P.S. It is known as a "Hulvas" or "Hulvaser" (not sure if the second one is the plural of...)and was made in at least 3 sizes; 7.3 + 10.6 +13.4 cm
Title: Holmegaard or Polish items?
Post by: Tigerchips on February 05, 2006, 12:04:20 AM
Thanks a lot Deltab. Interesting, it seems as though they're made in clear glass as well. I wonder if they made them in other colours too.  :D

I love this board.  :D
Title: Holmegaard or Polish items?
Post by: Ivo on February 05, 2006, 08:02:22 AM
I don't think the jug matches the glasses which are factory produced by Durobor, Belgium in the 70s and 80s.
the blue dish looks uneven and a bit shoddy, so I think it is Romanian or Chinese.
And the dark green flower holder, as you found out, is indeed Holmegaard.
Title: Holmegaard or Polish items?
Post by: Pinkspoons on February 05, 2006, 08:06:02 AM
Quote from: "Deltab"

P.S. It is known as a "Hulvas" or "Hulvaser" (not sure if the second one is the plural of...)and was made in at least 3 sizes; 7.3 + 10.6 +13.4 cm


There was also a version that you could hang from your ceiling, as well as one that was adapted into a lamp. They were released in clear, green and brown glass. Oh, and they were designed by Michael Bang. :)

Your lemonade set isn't Holmegaard, though.  :(  If you hold the tumblers up to the light, do you get a slight purple tinge to the base? It's not a means of identifying them - I was just wondering if the colour was a smokey amethyst or smokey brown (a la your 1930's Holmegaard) - because the two can look quite similar side-by-side.
Title: Holmegaard or Polish items?
Post by: Tigerchips on February 05, 2006, 10:26:10 AM
Thank you Ivo and Pinkspoons.  :D

Ah ha, the jug and the glasses were bought in the same shop but they weren't together. I presumed that they went together, silly me.  :lol:

I have updated the photo of the blue dish as it was showing all the things you can't see. Sorry about the bad photo. It does have a lot of tiny bubbles in it so I think it could be Chinese/Romanian as you say.  :)

As for the hanging lamps, wow, I'd love to have a set of those. You'll have me collecting lamps now.  :lol:

There are no purple tinges to the glasses. I paid 10p each for them and 50p for the jug. I found a crack on the jug when I got it home so i'm quite relieved that it's not Holmegaard.  :D
Title: Holmegaard or Polish items?
Post by: Pinkspoons on February 05, 2006, 11:10:35 AM
You misunderstood me, TigerChips - I meant that there was a hanging version of the vase, and also a table lamp version.  :lol:

Although a hanging lamp would be fun.  :D
Title: Holmegaard or Polish items?
Post by: Ivo on February 06, 2006, 07:30:56 AM
Support the Danes!

hanging vase:
http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=nbeps4
neck glass:
http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=nbepz5
Title: Holmegaard or Polish items?
Post by: Pinkspoons on February 06, 2006, 08:33:22 AM
I've only got a neck-glass:
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b108/pinkspoons/holmegaard-neckglass1.jpg)

I've never actually used it, though... and it's a bit impractical to display, so it mostly just sits in its box, unfortunately. The hanging vases are a little more difficult to get your mits on - in the UK, anyway. They rarely come onto eBay, so I assume they're equally as rare elsewhere. :(
Title: Holmegaard or Polish items?
Post by: Ivo on February 06, 2006, 10:30:37 AM
Quote from: "Pinkspoons"
The hanging vases are a little more difficult to get your mits on - in the UK, anyway. They rarely come onto eBay, so I assume they're equally as rare elsewhere. :(


I don't think many survived. you can only hang them properly or keep them in a fruit bowl, otherwise they roll all over the place.
Title: Holmegaard or Polish items?
Post by: Pinkspoons on February 06, 2006, 11:03:25 AM
Here's the table lamp version:

 Auction  (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BROWN-HOLE-TABLELAMP-design-Mich-Bang-Holmegaard_W0QQitemZ7360412255QQcategoryZ29563QQcmdZViewItem)