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Title: Could this small vase be early IOWSG or is it Scottish or something else ? Ta!
Post by: Baked_Beans on January 29, 2013, 07:53:47 PM

This vase is 6cm tall and just under 8.5 cm wide. The body is quite thick but the rim much thinner and a little off-centre and very slightly wonky in one spot. It looks like silver chloride and is coloured orange, brown and white. There are  tool marks to the top of the rim. These photos are taken with flash and unnatural light , will do one in sunlight when the sun come out .  There is a small broken-off pontil mark to the base as well as some age scratching (base).   

Any thoughts would be fine and dandy  ;)  Ta very much for looking !

Title: Re: Could this small vase be early IOWSG or is it Scottish or something else ? Ta!
Post by: flying free on January 29, 2013, 07:57:07 PM

It looks like Alum Bay glass to me
Lovely shape and colours.

m

Title: Re: Could this small vase be early IOWSG or is it Scottish or something else ? Ta!
Post by: Paul S. on January 29, 2013, 08:03:25 PM

I'd agree with that.........    the indented base and remains of snapped pontil are consistent with that factory.           Here is a similar one in blue.

Title: Re: Could this small vase be early IOWSG or is it Scottish or something else ? Ta!
Post by: Baked_Beans on January 29, 2013, 08:06:33 PM

Thanks M and Paul !

That was quick ! Sorted ! Thanks very much indeed !!

Cheers, Mike . ;)

Title: Re: Could this small vase be early IOWSG or is it Scottish or something else ? Ta!
Post by: chopin-liszt on January 30, 2013, 12:00:54 PM

I'll "third" the Alum Bay id!
 ;D

Title: Re: Could this small vase be early IOWSG or is it Scottish or something else ? Ta!
Post by: Baked_Beans on January 30, 2013, 04:44:07 PM

Thanks Sue,

Here it is in natural light (for the record), when I saw it , my first thoughts were Strathearn.  I was thrown by the broken-off pontil though ! :)

Title: Re: Could this small vase be early IOWSG or is it Scottish or something else ? Ta!
Post by: flying free on January 30, 2013, 05:12:09 PM

that's a really nice example imho
great colours and decor and also great shape (not Alum Bay's strongest point I don't think - I like many of their colours but their shapes are too traditional for me)
m

Title: Re: Could this small vase be early IOWSG or is it Scottish or something else ? Ta!
Post by: chopin-liszt on January 30, 2013, 05:20:42 PM

Do they give you the JIP?  ;D

Title: Re: Could this small vase be early IOWSG or is it Scottish or something else ? Ta!
Post by: flying free on January 30, 2013, 05:42:04 PM

yip  ;D

Title: Re: Could this small vase be early IOWSG or is it Scottish or something else ? Ta!
Post by: Baked_Beans on January 30, 2013, 05:57:06 PM

lol !  It's a sweet little vase ....is jip short for Jipijapa <------ ???  :-X 

Title: Re: Could this small vase be early IOWSG or is it Scottish or something else ? Ta!
Post by: chopin-liszt on January 30, 2013, 06:09:25 PM

Sorry , Baked Beans - they're very often Jack-In-the-Pulpits - JIPs.
Yours is a much more pleasing shape. :)

Title: Re: Could this small vase be early IOWSG or is it Scottish or something else ? Ta!
Post by: Baked_Beans on January 30, 2013, 06:20:59 PM

These glass jokes just go straight over my head  ;D  I get it now  ;)