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Title: Details for this Swedish vase
Post by: johnfandmaryp on September 03, 2006, 12:16:18 PM
This should be any easy one for somebody. Can anyone tell me about this vase?

Stands about 10" high and is, I'm 99.9% sure, Swedish. It has the remains of the label in place (shown below ~ characters on the second line are 'BO...), which should help!

Many thanks, John.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v519/hog-man/IM000377.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v519/hog-man/IM000378.jpg
Title: Details for this Swedish vase
Post by: Max on September 03, 2006, 12:31:33 PM
Hi John.  :)  Aseda, Sweden - Bo Borgstrom.
Title: Details for this Swedish vase
Post by: johnfandmaryp on September 03, 2006, 12:40:52 PM
Thanks very much for that Max ~ I didn't think it'd take long!

The information is much appreciated,  :D  John.
Title: Details for this Swedish vase
Post by: Max on September 03, 2006, 12:42:26 PM
If someone could confirm this was made without the bubble in base, that'd be good.  I'm feeling nervous since my WF debacle earlier.  :roll:
Title: Details for this Swedish vase
Post by: johnfandmaryp on September 03, 2006, 12:52:29 PM
I wouldn't call it a debacle Max, but I have to say that I wasn't too sure about it ~ not that I'm an expert!  :?
I think I've made a mistake too this morning at a car boot sale. Picked up what I thought was a large WF jug but, now I've got it home and compared it to other pieces, I'm having severe doubts. Still, it was only £2! May be on the WF board later!
Are you saying that the Aseda vase would normally have a bubble in the base?
Thanks again, and keep smiling!  :D  John.
Title: Details for this Swedish vase
Post by: Max on September 03, 2006, 01:17:44 PM
:lol:  John, jugs are notoriously hard to get right IMO, I tend to leave them well alone now.  I look forward to seeing it.

For me, this vase is the right shape, the right colour and has the right sticker - then I checked the sticker in a book and posted.  However, I rooted through a bit more and could only find examples with bubbles in the base.  Then I panicked.  :lol:

It's probably fine, but I'm doing belt and braces from now on.  :wink:
Title: Details for this Swedish vase
Post by: johnfandmaryp on September 03, 2006, 01:51:17 PM
Thanks again Max.
I've had a very quick look through the WF catalogues for the jug but haven't found it yet. The thing that's got me most doubtful is that I thought it was Sapphire Blue but, when I compared it to a Sapphire vase which I know is WF, it looks a very slightly darker blue. Will try to get it on WF site later this evening or, more probably, tomorrow ~ got a few bits (including this vase) to get ready to list on eBay for this evening. Don't worry, I won't quote you! :lol:
Thanks again for your help, John.
Title: Details for this Swedish vase
Post by: Anne on September 03, 2006, 02:37:55 PM
Quote from: "Max"
If someone could confirm this was made without the bubble in base, that'd be good.  I'm feeling nervous since my WF debacle earlier.  :roll:


Max, there was a red one the same shape and style with a pierced bubble in the base, on eBay a while ago but it was listed as Hoymantort (of whom I can find nothing except eBay listings! :roll:) (Next question: who is Hoymantort?)
Title: Details for this Swedish vase
Post by: johnfandmaryp on September 03, 2006, 02:48:14 PM
Anne ~ have just looked for Hoymantort on eBay and come up with nothing, with a similar result on the whole of the web! Is my spelling incorrect, or have they all gone from eBay now?  :?  Cheers, John.
Title: Details for this Swedish vase
Post by: Anne on September 03, 2006, 02:55:02 PM
Yes they are all expired sales, but if you put Hoymantort into GOOGLE you'll see their cache of the listings (click the Cached button below the search) - all the images have gone but I saved one for my own reference when I saw them originally which is what I checked against before my earlier post. As the image is someone else's copyright I cannot post it here or in the Gallery.
Title: Details for this Swedish vase
Post by: johnfandmaryp on September 03, 2006, 02:56:38 PM
Thanks Anne ~ I'll have a look. John.
Title: Details for this Swedish vase
Post by: Ivo on September 03, 2006, 03:10:10 PM
the spelling HOVMANTORP should produce some better results
Title: Details for this Swedish vase
Post by: johnfandmaryp on September 03, 2006, 03:21:55 PM
Thanks Ivo.
Title: Details for this Swedish vase
Post by: flick on September 03, 2006, 03:23:38 PM
Max

I want to thank you for your help earlier and hope you don't think it was a debacle - you are one of the many on here who I am learning from and I REALLY appreciate your time and knowledge.

xxx  :D
Title: Details for this Swedish vase
Post by: Max on September 03, 2006, 03:36:29 PM
Aww Flick, thank you. It was another good lesson in 'always check the base', wasn't it?  And the message board is all about learning, so it's a good thing overall.  :D

Now if we could just sort out the non-bubble in John's piece...
Title: Details for this Swedish vase
Post by: johnfandmaryp on September 03, 2006, 03:46:29 PM
Perhaps they had run out of bubbles when they made it?  :lol:
It would be great if anyone could shed any light on this though ~ I'm just about to write up my eBay description for it, but may hold back a while just in case someone has an answer! John.
PS And I second flick's comments and agree with yours, about the help and learning, Max.
Title: Details for this Swedish vase
Post by: Anne on September 03, 2006, 04:02:57 PM
Ivo, thank you for solving that puzzle. I'd looked in your fact file but couldn't find Hoymantort (the eBay listings I'd found were spelled like that) and I'd browsed the Ho...s and couldn't find a likely candidate so hoped you'd pick this up. :)
Title: Details for this Swedish vase
Post by: bubbles on September 03, 2006, 09:14:12 PM
Hi David,
Aseda made several similarly shaped vases without the bubble.  There are some shown on Vidfletch's photo album.

http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/vidfletch2001/album?.dir=/1343&.src=ph&.tok=ph6KFvDBbeoUtaaf
Title: Details for this Swedish vase
Post by: Pat on September 04, 2006, 08:04:55 AM
There is a blue and green one without the bubble in my Bo Borgstrom collection.
Title: Details for this Swedish vase
Post by: Max on September 04, 2006, 08:19:56 AM
Thanks Bubbles, I was looking for his site and couldn't find it.  Must bookmark it now.  :D
Title: Details for this Swedish vase
Post by: Leni on September 04, 2006, 08:58:05 AM
I have one identical to John's, complete with label, and definitely no bubble!  
HTH   :wink:
Title: Details for this Swedish vase
Post by: johnfandmaryp on September 04, 2006, 09:50:48 AM
Thanks all ~ guess it's agreed that it's an Aseda vase by Bo Borgstrom then!
The only thing now is the Hoymantort/Hovmantorp thing  :? ~ the name of the place where Aseda was based, perhaps?
Thanks again, John.
Title: Details for this Swedish vase
Post by: cjf on September 04, 2006, 05:41:57 PM
Both Hovmantorp and Åseda (or Aseda as it is more often called) are small towns in the south of Sweden where there used to be glassworks. They are situated not far (not more than 30 km) from other towns/villages where there are or used to be glassworks, such as Orrefors, Kosta, Åfors, Boda and Gullaskruv.
Title: Details for this Swedish vase
Post by: johnfandmaryp on September 07, 2006, 12:28:32 PM
Thanks for that information cjf ~ very much appreciated. Cheers, John.
Title: Details for this Swedish vase
Post by: johnfandmaryp on September 07, 2006, 06:49:18 PM
Just to let you know that I've now listed it on eBay (item number 230026762606 if anyone's interested) with due acknowledgements to this site.
Many thanks again for all your help. Cheers, John. 8)