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Title: riihimaki camshaft?
Post by: malcyp on August 09, 2009, 05:13:08 PM
hi,i have seen these on ebay as riihimaki,is this true,and who is the designer please.mine is a two colour one with the middle section a lighter blue,and the bottom is clear cased,it is 28mm high.
thank you all
Title: Re: riihimaki camshaft?
Post by: glassobsessed on August 09, 2009, 05:31:43 PM
Yes they were made at Riihimaki, 'cam shaft' is an ebay name, I do not know who the designer was having seen a variety of attributions given in the past.

Yours is a single colour (all I have seen are) the difference in colour is due to varying thicknesses of the glass.

One of my favourite Riihimaki designs....

John.

(do you mean 28cm high, otherwise can I buy your special mini one)
Title: Re: riihimaki camshaft?
Post by: malcyp on August 09, 2009, 05:41:06 PM
haha,whoops,it would have to go in a dolls house at that height,yes 280mm.
thats great it will go on my riihimiaki shelf with all my other beauties.
thanks john
Title: Re: riihimaki camshaft?
Post by: robert1960 on August 10, 2009, 02:57:46 PM
Hi
 The designer was Tamara Aladin

Robert
Title: Re: riihimaki camshaft?
Post by: glassobsessed on August 10, 2009, 03:09:02 PM
Robert, have you seen that in print?

John
Title: Re: riihimaki camshaft?
Post by: robert1960 on August 10, 2009, 03:36:17 PM
Hi John
Designlasi has it down as her- and they're very unlikely to misattribute.

http://www.designlasi.com/en/content/vase-aladin-tamara (http://www.designlasi.com/en/content/vase-aladin-tamara)

Robert
Title: Re: riihimaki camshaft?
Post by: malcyp on August 10, 2009, 04:25:58 PM
thanks robert,for the designer and thanks for the link for another good website for me to look at.
malc
Title: Re: riihimaki camshaft?
Post by: glassobsessed on August 10, 2009, 04:27:33 PM
I will second that! Thankyou.

John
Title: Re: riihimaki camshaft?
Post by: robert1960 on August 10, 2009, 04:44:50 PM
No problem
It's a great website run by a lovely guy!
The forum posts are often in Finnish, but don't be afraid to post in English-
The Finns speak better English than we do Finnish ;)
Title: Re: riihimaki camshaft?
Post by: malcyp on August 11, 2009, 08:18:49 PM
they do,and they speak with an american accent.my brother lives in finland with his finnish girlfriend.i'm off to see them in a couple of weeks,so i will have to purchase lots more loveley riihimaki and iittala glass.i'm hoping to buy a busy lizzie(akherlisa),or some of the piku matti range,and some more of the kekerrit glass range.
and hopefully a trip to riihimaki itself and go to the finnish glass museum.