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Title: Anyone know about Japanese Art Glass 1940s?
Post by: Nancy128 on April 30, 2008, 11:28:39 PM: I have this vase that I just bought, and it's acid etched "Japan" on the base. The history is that this was a wedding present in 1941, that's all the back history I have on it. It's 9.5-inches tall. Pulled and encased in clear glass. Hoping that someone here could point me in the right direction as to who might have made this piece. Thanks!

http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-9913

http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-9914

http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-9915
Title: Re: Anyone know about Japanese Art Glass 1940s?
Post by: Nancy128 on June 26, 2008, 06:12:03 PM: I sent these pictures off to the Corning Glass Museum and just yesterday got a reply back from them.

This is a Toshichi Iwata piece!!!
Title: Re: Anyone know about Japanese Art Glass 1940s?
Post by: Andy on June 26, 2008, 07:49:26 PM: Nancy,
its lovely, Japanese glass is very rarely discussed on here, maybe not much has
traversed the Oceans and Continents, but i am sure there must be loads of
wonderful stuff to be discovered!

Any Toshichi Iwata collectors out there???

Andy
Title: Re: Anyone know about Japanese Art Glass 1940s?
Post by: Nancy128 on June 26, 2008, 09:48:05 PM: Andy, There doesn't seem to be a lot of information out there on the internet on Japanese glass. So I was really happy when the Corning Museum could help me out with this one. I thought I had sunk a few $$ into this one, but now I'm finding out that I probably did very well on this purchase if I ever choose to sell it. Right now it's one of my favorite pieces. :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Anyone know about Japanese Art Glass 1940s?
Post by: Max on June 26, 2008, 10:38:48 PM: How brilliant that you got a reply Nancy...you must have been so thrilled! I can't think of any Japanese glass experts on this board, so it's great you were resourceful enough to email Corning. Congrats! :D :D
Title: Re: Anyone know about Japanese Art Glass 1940s?
Post by: krsilber on June 27, 2008, 03:01:38 AM: Wow, that's excellent! Congratulations, Nancy! Beautiful piece, and evidently an important artist. Well done!
Title: Re: Anyone know about Japanese Art Glass 1940s?
Post by: Nancy128 on June 27, 2008, 11:01:14 AM: Thank you Kristi and Max! When I first saw it, I knew I had to have it. I was expecting this to be Venetian, imagine my surprise when I turned it over and saw an acid etched "Japan!!"
Title: Re: Anyone know about Japanese Art Glass 1940s?
Post by: Max on June 27, 2008, 11:06:31 AM: Quote from: Nancy128 on June 27, 2008, 11:01:14 AM
Thank you Kristi and Max! When I first saw it, I knew I had to have it. I was expecting this to be Venetian, imagine my surprise when I turned it over and saw an acid etched "Japan!!"

If you can manage to buy a few more pieces Nancy, we could appoint you our Japanese Expert, whaddya think? ;) :D
Title: Re: Anyone know about Japanese Art Glass 1940s?
Post by: Nancy128 on June 27, 2008, 11:38:57 AM: Funny Max!! There is a piece on an ebay auction right now that I was thinking about sniping. It's more modern and kind of ugly, but it has a label on it and I thought that would be a good beginning to the learning process. 8)
Title: Re: Anyone know about Japanese Art Glass 1940s?
Post by: vintagerose on June 28, 2008, 05:24:43 AM: WoW! What a great piece, really beautiful.
I have a japanes amber diamond cut set of decanters with 4 shots, that's the extent of my knowledge lol.