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Title: Help with unknown jug
Post by: WhiteRabbit on March 19, 2006, 10:31:20 AM

Can anyone help me out with some information on my claret jug?  I've had it for years, but I'm not even sure if it really is a claret jug.  It's about 7 inches high, and has four triangular panels of frosted, bubbly yellow, with three bunches of what I've always thought of as red, yellow and blue carrots between the panels.   :shock:  Any help would be much appreciated.
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-1288
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WhiteRabbit

Title: Help with unknown jug
Post by: Frank on March 19, 2006, 11:09:10 AM

I think the wine connoisseurs might be apoplectic but it is one of the nicest eccentric objects I have seen in a while.

Title: Help with unknown jug
Post by: heartofglass on March 19, 2006, 11:14:10 AM

It's funky- looks kind of Art Deco, but maybe late as 1950s.
Possibly Czechoslovakian? It probably had a matching set of glasses.
Just few ideas, anyway!

Title: Help with unknown jug
Post by: Connie on March 19, 2006, 11:22:08 AM

I agree, Marinka.  I was thinking Czech also.

Title: Help with unknown jug
Post by: WhiteRabbit on March 19, 2006, 12:02:05 PM

Thanks for your responses.  I like the eccentric comment. :lol:  I was never too sure just what I thought about it so I shoved it up on top of a high cabinet where it wasn't really too noticeable.  But somehow I always thought it was Italian.

Um ... do you think that they really are carrots?

WhiteRabbit

Title: Help with unknown jug
Post by: Frank on March 19, 2006, 12:13:04 PM

Look more like peppers.

Title: Help with unknown jug
Post by: heartofglass on March 19, 2006, 12:20:59 PM

I agree, they look like sweet chilli peppers, which are popular in Eastern European cooking (paprika).
It's definitely not an Italian looking item.

Title: Help with unknown jug
Post by: Anne on March 19, 2006, 12:52:44 PM

Desna do a modern version of this type of decanter. May give a clue to area of origin perhaps, even if by a different maker?

I think this is such a fun piece though - I like it for it's quirkiness. :)

Title: Help with unknown jug
Post by: Ivo on March 19, 2006, 02:24:09 PM

May I suggest Austria?

Title: Help with unknown jug
Post by: WhiteRabbit on March 19, 2006, 03:23:25 PM

Anne - That's a great idea.  I thought I'd email Desna and ask if they could tell me anything, but I couldn't find an address on the internet.

I have also found a modern version called the Franmara Amphora, but again I can't find an email address.

Ivo - Austria sounds good, but how could I find out?  I'm a glass novice and I have no books, and I've no idea yet where I might get some.  Any advice you could offer to set me in the right direction would be wonderful.

Title: Help with unknown jug
Post by: Anne on March 19, 2006, 03:57:55 PM

Here you go, White Rabbit (love the name!)
http://www.desna-glass.cz/pages/en/index.html