Glass Message Board
Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => Scandinavian Glass => Topic started by: John Virgin on July 08, 2009, 11:14:50 AM
-
Hi,
I recently got this in a secondhand store. It has no other markings except for the Orrefors sticker. Can anyone identify the maker and when it was produced?
Thanks!
-
... does the sticker look like it could have been peeled off an other item ? ::)
-
No, it is definitely sticks fast to the vase and no signs of being torn and stuck there - at least to my untrained eye. :)
-
I think this one is by Eda Glasbruk not by Orrefors and no, I can not explain the label.
-
here is a similiar by Anne Nilsson, Orrefors
-
Not the same technique I think - it is clear cased and has clear ornaments on the outside
-
To me it looks similar to some of the pieces by Carlo Moretti. Here is link...
http://www.20thcenturyglass.com/glass_encyclopedia/murano_glass/carlomoretti_glass/carlomorettiglass_home.htm (http://www.20thcenturyglass.com/glass_encyclopedia/murano_glass/carlomoretti_glass/carlomorettiglass_home.htm)
-
That particular source is not always accurate. Note the use of satinato on two SHINY marble vases and marble on one satinato vase.
-
I agree with Christine on the accuracy of the source.....
-
I was not making any reference to the particular store, I was just saying that it reminded me of pieces by Carlo Moretti. I could use a different page for reference if you would like, as it was the designer and not the store I was talking about.
-
PW modern (do you a have a real name ;) ) I don't doubt that the pieces you referenced are Morretti. I was just warning you against using that site as a bible.
I agree with the similarity. The question is why would a Orrefors label be found on a piece in a thrift store if it wasn't Orrefors? Those little plastic labels are hard to remove and probably harder to re-afix.
-
it has a first choice sticker and SHOULD be signed. Else it would have the sticker.
A signature can be hard to see. Try spitting on the base and move you finger over, this usually reveals any signature.
-
similar to: http://link.marktplaats.nl/249583963
... I think these were sold at a large department store originally which makes me doubt the Orrefors origin.
-
thats a match!! :thup:
-
Not all Orrefors is signed though. I've had two stickered but unsigned pieces. Is it possible they were a custom order for a department store or chain?
-
No thats very unlikely. I have been working there myself.
Second choice pieces are not signed but they have a different sticker. White background and black bird and text. Before that green background and white bird.
-
These had silver labels but no signature http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,8114.0.html
-
if i remember correctly this type had ORREFORS sandblasted at the bottom. Like the candle holders which I have blasted myself while working there.
-
Hello:
Sorry but I do not know about the current ownership of ORREFORS but I assure you from a historic prospective
almost all Orrefors was signed signed with Orrefors or Oplus additional information.
If not signed, we are talking about seconds at least from a historic context.
By the way, there are available many stickers from Orrefors and the application on certain pieces can not mean anything.
Billl Geary
-
I can confirm that the same rules apply even today. If not signed its second choice, stolen or similar
-
Thanks Lustrousstone,
I will keep that in mind. And that is unfortunate since they have such a large inventory of vintage glass.
-
I do have an unsigned Owe Elvéns' 'Eternell' candlestick with a black-background label. I've never noticed these with signatures before, regardless of label.
-
yes thats right, there exist a couple of pieces that dont have room for a signature. The eternell candle holder is one of those. :thup: