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Title: Kosta Triangle Vase but who is the designer?
Post by: crystalclear on May 28, 2008, 10:37:08 PM

So I feel I am half way there  ;D

Kosta Vase, a lot of wear on the bottom, so much so I almost missed the Kosta siggie.

Forget about the numbers, if there is any, you can barely make out the Kosta mark.

It is triangle, about 10" high.  Has controlled bubbles around the center hole, spiraling up which reflects off of the 3 sides of the triangle.

Picture of the whole vase
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Homewoodantiques/DSCN8919.JPG

Picture of the top
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Homewoodantiques/DSCN8921.JPG

http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Homewoodantiques/DSCN8924.JPG

Picture of the bottom
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Homewoodantiques/DSCN8923.JPG

Thanks Everyone!

Title: Re: Kosta Triangle Vase but who is the designer?
Post by: pamela on May 29, 2008, 07:34:03 PM

what an incredibly beautiful work of art - art of work! :girlcheer:

Title: Re: Kosta Triangle Vase but who is the designer?
Post by: crystalclear on May 29, 2008, 10:09:26 PM

Thank you I agree!

The right lighting and I can see why people love this glass.

Title: Re: Kosta Triangle Vase but who is the designer?
Post by: bubbles on May 30, 2008, 05:03:34 PM

If it has bubbles in it ...ITS MINE!  :mrgreen:  Beautiful photo too.  I wish I could do that.  :cry:

Title: Re: Kosta Triangle Vase but who is the designer?
Post by: taylog1 on May 30, 2008, 06:59:24 PM

Looks more like Leerdam to me, but can't find a picture on line to show you - happy to be proved wrong though..

Title: Re: Kosta Triangle Vase but who is the designer?
Post by: crystalclear on May 31, 2008, 01:50:18 PM

Oh bubbles of course you can take pictures like this, you just have to light them underneath.

taylog1 someone could have signed it Kosta, so I am opened to all suggestions at this point.

I will do a little research on Leerdam to see what I can find out.

Thanks

Title: Re: Kosta Triangle Vase but who is the designer?
Post by: Ivo on May 31, 2008, 02:15:01 PM

don't bother looking at Leerdam.

Title: Re: Kosta Triangle Vase but who is the designer?
Post by: taylog1 on June 01, 2008, 04:18:38 PM

Knew I'd seen this before somewhere !

http://www.botterweg.com/Auction/Bid/tabid/59/auctionid/6/tag/Leerdam/lotid/1374/language/en-US/Default.aspx

Forgot to say before, it's a lovely piece of glass !

Gareth

Title: Re: Kosta Triangle Vase but who is the designer?
Post by: johnphilip on June 01, 2008, 06:55:17 PM

I hate to keep doing this but i believe i have one in Aubergine somewhere hidden away
i know mine is not signed i bought it a long time back thinking it may be W/Fs but decided it wasnt.

Title: Re: Kosta Triangle Vase but who is the designer?
Post by: crystalclear on June 01, 2008, 09:25:48 PM

Exactly, the same one!

The people on this board never cease to amaze me.  ;D

Well done taylog1!

Thank you Thank you

One in Abuergine? wow I would really like to see it, if you can find it!

Title: Re: Kosta Triangle Vase but who is the designer?
Post by: taylog1 on June 01, 2008, 09:44:23 PM

Note Ivo's caution above re Leerdam - I've seen another shorter sloping triangular bubble Leerdam serica vase (loose pyramid shape) - it may be this that Botterweg was basing his identification on - we need someone with his reference - Floris Meydam "In Vorm", page 51 - to look it up

Gareth

Title: Re: Kosta Triangle Vase but who is the designer?
Post by: Ivo on June 02, 2008, 06:30:37 AM

Everybody here is most familiar with the one you describe, usually called the "beech nut" - but I've never seen this tall version, which looks too much like a Gunnel Nymann vase to be believable. But obviously Willem has the In Vorm book - which I have never even seen in real life. Botterweg is the ultimate expert, I've never caught him out with a misattribution.

Title: Re: Kosta Triangle Vase but who is the designer?
Post by: crystalclear on June 02, 2008, 10:29:44 AM

Hmmm would be interesting if someone had the book.

Anyone?