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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => Murano & Italy Glass => Topic started by: Jeroen on January 28, 2006, 01:34:09 PM
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Hello everyone,
I think this is a simple sixties' Murano controlled bubble bud vase, it is in very good condition and bought it for 7 euro's!
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/7052/muranopaarsekelk6kz.jpg
Am I right?
Greetings,
Jeroen
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I believe this is Swedish, not Murano. An American company, Erickson, also made pieces in this type of form.
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I believe this is Swedish, not Murano. An American company, Erickson, also made pieces in this type of form.
Erickson made pieces with controlled bubbles but nothing like this vase. Erickson made many pieces cased in crystal with controlled bubble bases. This type of vase is thin and I too believe it to be Swedish.
Here are a couple examples of Erickson cased in crystal. You can see the thickness of the glass and the controlled bubble bases.
CathyG
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v405/glass47/Ericksonpinks.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v405/glass47/Ericksonbubbles.jpg)
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http://www.glassbudvases.co.uk/
all you ever wanted to know about these!
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I thought maybe I'd give a little info on Carl Erickson, he was born in Sweden and came to the U.S. when he was just a teen. He worked for pairpoint for 20 years, then Libby Glass, he even worked for Blenko for a while in the late 30's and there too, he made controlled bubbles pieces.
CathyG
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Intresting! Thanks Ivo
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Thanks CathyG, Erickson has to be one of my favorites. Terry
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Thanks everyone for your replies and knowledge!
And an interesting site it is Ivo!
I will try to find anything that looks alike, if I find something I will post it in this thread.
Btw the length of the vase is 25,5 cm. (I don't know if that makes ID'ing any easier)
Am I right in thinking that 7 euro's wasn't too much to pay for the vase? (just curious)
Greetings,
Jeroen
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Hi, :D
Could you tell me what the underside of the base is like please? I have one that appears identical to yours and would like to compare them. If you could provide a picture that would really help, thanks! You can see mine if you look on the site under colours/amethyst. Unfortunately I haven't identified it yet, although Swedish is a possiblity, but only a possibility!
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Hi there,
As soon as I am near the vase, (is is at my parents house because of cats at my place :lol: ) then I will make a picture and post it here.
Maybe it's worth to mention that the glass isn't that thin, I think the glass is about 2 to 3 mm thick.
There's not much to see on the bottom of the vase, no signature etc. so I'll hope it helps.
Grtz,
Jeroen
It also looks a little bit like this vase on a site.
http://koopjes.marktplaats.nl/antiek_en_kunst/antiek_vazen/18750565.html?return=eJw1y0EOgyAQheG7mOhSBWljMaSpFzGgGA0IRMZqbXr3wsLd98%2FLcIrod6Zl4ylGhCZitbuXzQTgaFEo66TJF74qcJpz8LnRBTcwS9VJ06nNeLj6zU9pih6RfIJFP0EwO2aHZigbPFN7Wr16a2C1WsshxTdcik0ILdOqBRtGFKDRBRxBoiDonF3kEY%2F1g5R1rE8oQnB9r0KNPlR4aqXgcSgDrZ%2FjMXMMJc3vD1%2FYSAU%3D&df=1
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Hi Pat,
Not really my subject, but did any Murano firm ever make these? I sometimes see them attributed as such but always felt it was just the seller being badly informed.
The Caithness 'teardrop' buds are often sold as Whitefriars (who did also make similar ones) but very rarely described as Caithness!
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Oops, Jeroen - your link has made the page go veeeeeeery wide :wink:
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Hi David,
I have never found a vase with a Murano label, but there are several types I have not identified yet, so I can't say for sure. I have one on my site which I have attributed to Murano, but ONLY because of the provenance it came with (I have made this very clear on the site). I am sure the person who sold it to me believed it to be so, but I have to say that the more I learn of the vases the more I am thinking that this particular vase is NOT Murano. Maybe they were sold in Italy but imported from elsewhere? My gut instinct now thinks it is more likely to be Czech. The style and size of the bubbles and the way the base is finished lead me to this conclusion.
This is why it helps me to see the bases Jeroen! :)
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Sorry I lied! :oops:
I have found one with a Murano label, but not seen in the flesh. I did put in an initial bid for this one on ebay 7383524310, but didn't want to bid too high as it looked a little lopsided to me, also a couple purchased from the US have never arrived, so I was a bit reluctant. :(
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With it being Venini, I'm surprised it never sold! But as it was on Reserve (I think it's $50 minimum) might have put some people off.
See what you mean about it doing 'Pisa' impressions :lol:
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Hi All,
Whilst looking for another post I came across this one again. I have now identified this purple vase as having been made in Japan.