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Title: Finish on Strathearn Lampbase
Post by: Anonymous on March 04, 2005, 11:10:11 AM
Hi Frank

Have you seen this type of surface finish on any other pieces of Strathearn....this is a slightly smaller version than is normally seen of the "twisted" lampbase....and has the appropriate leaping salmon underneath. Does this type of decoration have a specific name at all.

 http://tinypic.com/20f62o

Regards


Gareth


Morgan48
Title: Frank...finish on Strathearn Lampbase
Post by: Frank on March 04, 2005, 01:44:00 PM
There is a story that a handful of surface decorated pieces were made by Strathearn yet ever more are appearing, so perhaps it was produced more than is realised. Can you post a pic of the whole lamp please and I will se if we can get it reviewed by an ex Strathearn worker. I will move the new link into your first message
Title: Frank...finish on Strathearn Lampbase
Post by: Anonymous on March 04, 2005, 02:29:04 PM
Hi Frank

This is the only photograph I have of this at the moment...if at some later stage you require a better one please let me know.
 The problem is that over the years I have collected so much different glass that it is now in boxes/crates/ cupboards/shelves/my attic and now various boxes in my sisters attic........and I just wont dispose of it....!!!!

 http://tinypic.com/20fv3s

regards


Gareth



Morgan48
Title: Frank...finish on Strathearn Lampbase
Post by: millarart on March 18, 2005, 11:28:48 PM
Hi for some reason im not getting the pictures of this lamp coming through clear  am i or is my computer doing something wrong as all other pics seem to work,
                         Gary :(
Title: Frank...finish on Strathearn Lampbase
Post by: Anonymous on March 19, 2005, 12:07:51 AM
Quote from: "millarart"
Hi for some reason im not getting the pictures of this lamp coming through clear  am i or is my computer doing something wrong as all other pics seem to work,
                         Gary :(


I've just tried it and its fine....not sure at all why you cannot :?  :?

regards


Gareth
Title: Frank...finish on Strathearn Lampbase
Post by: millarart on March 29, 2005, 09:37:29 PM
Oops forgot to say that i managed to get pic to work,  very nice it is too,  though i have to say would look a lot better in my lamp collection (hint hint) :roll:  :shock:  :twisted:
                      Gary
Title: Frank...finish on Strathearn Lampbase
Post by: millarart on April 07, 2005, 10:27:58 PM
I knew something just wasnt right with my collection but couldnt quite suss out what until know Gareth, ive realised this lamp still isnt in my collection HINT HINT,  :wink:  :lol:
Title: Frank...finish on Strathearn Lampbase
Post by: Frank on April 07, 2005, 10:39:54 PM
This smacks of wanton commercialism! (http://www.ysartglass.com/Images/Maildeal.gif) Should I edit these posts and risk the wrath of Gary.

Will Gareth get impatient waiting for the definitive answer and be tempted to succumb to the insidious seduction...

Or shall we just wait and see how the story unfolds :o
Title: Frank...finish on Strathearn Lampbase
Post by: Anonymous on April 08, 2005, 10:16:07 AM
Quote from: "millarart"
I knew something just wasnt right with my collection but couldnt quite suss out what until know Gareth, ive realised this lamp still isnt in my collection HINT HINT,  :wink:  :lol:


Hi Gary

For someone who yaks on a lot I can often be quite oblique and miss the rather glaringly obvious..!! My apologies I did not mean to ignore your "observation".  At the moment Gary I'm just trying to find out more about it but of the MonVasStrath that I have its not a piece I am particularly attracted to.......so ....once I stop faffing about and decide what to do with it I do actually have your email address.
As you mentioned lamps have you come across a Vasart Tulip lamp very dark blue/ brownish swirls and gold aventurine flecks...???....looks almost black when not lit.
Anyway must go....I've just spotted Ken Livingstone shimmying up my drainpipe.

Regards


Gareth


Morgan48
Title: Frank...finish on Strathearn Lampbase
Post by: millarart on April 08, 2005, 02:53:19 PM
Hi there Frank and Gareth,
                                       :lol:  hehehehee :lol:  i laughed loads at your reply Frank , and many thanks Gareth for your reply also, i look forward to hearing from you very soon ( i hope) :roll:  as for your tulip, cant say the colour rings a bell with me, i have 20 different coloured tulips at the moment, can you send me a picture??, then i can tell you if i have or i have seen one like it before :lol:
                          thanks Gary
Title: Frank...finish on Strathearn Lampbase
Post by: Anonymous on April 08, 2005, 04:43:58 PM
Gary

Here are a couple of photographs I took about a month ago. Both are of the lamp lit. So far my attempts to photograph unlit have merely resulted in a black blob.
The nearest I can find to the colour is the very dark blue/black at the top of vase NG on Mr Franks rather excellent site.
From half way up then to the top it has a considerable amount of "aventurine" but none in the bottom half.
Unlit the whorls are barely visible.
It has the "lifted" channel for the flex as oppossed to the later ground out versions.

Regards

Gareth

http://tinypic.com/2mjtap

http://tinypic.com/2mjuo8
Title: Frank...finish on Strathearn Lampbase
Post by: Frank on April 08, 2005, 05:55:42 PM
That one is Strathearn.

The ground channel is only found in the lamps made for Perthshire Paperweights by Chic Young.
Title: Frank...finish on Strathearn Lampbase
Post by: millarart on April 08, 2005, 05:58:40 PM
Hi Gareth,
             nice  , to me its got to be Strathearn, i have seen Strathearn vases which are very dark blue with sworls that you could hardly see unless held to a light, i have seen a Strathearn tulip in dark green with sworls and gold through it , they also like Vasart had the lifted channel for the cable , Mmmm  it also would look good in my collection hehehehe   as i dont have that colour either :roll:
                              Gary
Title: Frank...finish on Strathearn Lampbase
Post by: Anonymous on April 08, 2005, 06:52:59 PM
Quote from: "Frank"
That one is Strathearn.

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Frank...Is that just because of the colour or are there other identifying factors for Strathearn/Vasart please.

Regards

Gareth
Title: Frank...finish on Strathearn Lampbase
Post by: Frank on April 08, 2005, 07:03:05 PM
Colour is enough as only Strathearn used it. Apart from that very little, although the extra row of whorls is less common in Vasart.