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Title: Car boot finds with Canadian glass vase and label
Post by: BJB on August 06, 2006, 09:10:16 AM: Hi All,

Here are some of the things bought yesterday;

Canadian blue vase, paperweights IOW and Strathern/Perthshire, vaseline beads and some cut salts.

http://i5.tinypic.com/23svqtt.jpg

Canadian label

http://i2.tinypic.com/23svrf4.jpg

Loetz vase

http://i1.tinypic.com/23svrwk.jpg

Blenko decanter

http://i4.tinypic.com/23svs5s.jpg

Paperweight (Perthshire or Strathearn not sure which :? )

http://i4.tinypic.com/23svtwn.jp

Carnival glass dishes

http://i4.tinypic.com/23svu6u.jpg

Whitefriars trailed pieces

http://i6.tinypic.com/23svukm.jpg

Barbara.

Better than the stuff I bought from auction last week, three out of the five pieces were damaged when I picked them up, and I am sure they were OK when I viewed them. That is the last time I leave commision bids, if I can't get and view again on the day I will pass :(
Title: Car boot finds with Canadian glass vase and label
Post by: Max on August 06, 2006, 10:08:08 AM: Thank you for your comment Glen...you sweetie! xx :D :D

You did so well Barbara! But you know that. :wink: :D

Both your Whitefriars pieces look ok to me, although the (Amethyst?) one looks dark. I'd like to hear what Emmi says on that one, or maybe it's just a trick of the light. My book (Jackson) doesn't cover everything.

I'm not entirely sure your decanter is Blenko. I bought one about 2 years ago, thinking the same, but the stopper was badly finished where it fitted in the bottle. I deduced that it was a Italian, although there was a striking similarity. I'm wary of that style of decanter now. :lol:

Wish I could find those kind of pieces at a bootfair though! :evil:

PS: Off to Google the Canadian sticker now. :wink:
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Post by: vidrioguapo on August 06, 2006, 10:56:46 AM: What fabulous car boot finds....I have just come back from a particularly large one where I found exactly nothing of interest!

I think your Whitefriars amethyst( and others) looks fine - I am green with envy as it's a colour I really love. I agree with Max on the "Blenko" decanter.(it is very striking though) I am no way an authority on either Blenko or Italian for that matter, just a fleeting knowledge in fact, but it does look more Italian to me.
Title: Car boot finds with Canadian glass vase and label
Post by: chopin-liszt on August 06, 2006, 11:09:40 AM: :D :D :D

:? I think the Canadian label reads Giovanni, not Gallilao.

What a haul, Barbara!
Title: Car boot finds with Canadian glass vase and label
Post by: Max on August 06, 2006, 11:19:02 AM: I agree with Sue. :D I've Googled 'Giovanni' in every permutation I can think of to no avail. The sticker looks old and I was thinking that maybe it pre-dated Chalet...just conjecture though.

If no-one comes up with anything, perhaps you could mail Michel Blais Gallery (the Chalet Glass man :wink: ) and ask him if he knows of Giovanni Creations. Bit cheeky I suppose, but I mailed him once before and had a useful email back from him.

PS Emmi...that colour amethyst IS gorgeous!
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Post by: vidrioguapo on August 06, 2006, 12:08:16 PM: Is the stopper a full glass stopper or has it got a plastic sleeve on it - can't quite see on the photo. I believe the italian ones sometimes has the sleeve?

Oh I really want that amethyst vase....I have an amethyst "corner" and it needs filling out!!! :roll:

PS How tall is it?
Title: Car boot finds with Canadian glass vase and label
Post by: BJB on August 06, 2006, 01:24:38 PM: Hi All,

Thanks for the lovely comments, the Whitefriars measures 7" tall, I shall be listing all three very soon soon, maybe about the 13th August :wink:

Here is a photo of the decanter base and stopper, which is hollow with no plastic sleeve. Leslie Pina has one in amber in the Blenko section of the 50's glass book

http://i4.tinypic.com/23szwar.jpg

And one without the stopper.
http://i3.tinypic.com/23szwus.jpg

The colour dosen't look Italian to me, if anything more Scandinavian with the olive green colour, the glass is very thin and finely blown and doesn't have the va-va-voom of the 1960's Italian glass. I am most probably wrong :?

I think I will post the paperweight on the other board, just to check who made it. I still don't know the difference between Perthshire and Strathearn, apart from if they are marked. Is there one? :oops:

The sticker on the large lips vase looks very 1950's with the paintbrushes, a bit to "cutesy" IYKWIM, rather than the retro 60's look.

Have been to one today, the only thing I have bought is my middle daughers' prom dress, an American designer one for £5.00. If I can persuade her I will post a picture as she looks stunning, but not really a glass thing :lol:

She didn't take much persuading
http://i1.tinypic.com/23t032q.jpg

Barbara
Title: Car boot finds with Canadian glass vase and label
Post by: Pat on August 06, 2006, 01:27:36 PM: I bought a Strathearn on Saturday with an S cane in it.
Title: Car boot finds with Canadian glass vase and label
Post by: Leni on August 06, 2006, 01:41:35 PM: Quote from: "BJB"
Have been to one today, the only thing I have bought is my middle daughers' prom dress, an American designer one for £5.00. If I can persuade her I will post a picture as she looks stunning, but not really a glass thing :lol:

She didn't take much persuading
http://i1.tinypic.com/23t032q.jpg

Barbara

Wow! What a stunner! And what an amazing thing to find at a carboot! :shock: :D
Title: Car boot finds with Canadian glass vase and label
Post by: Lustrousstone on August 06, 2006, 01:44:43 PM: Your daughter looks beautiful. You had some lovely finds! :mrgreen: My haul was very thin, in fact it's always thin compared to that lot. Let us know when you are listing the beads please
Title: Car boot finds with Canadian glass vase and label
Post by: Max on August 06, 2006, 01:58:55 PM: I can definitely see where you're coming from on the Blenko front Barbara, but I (call me foolhardy if you like) think yours is Italian. I have checked through my Blenko book & the one you mentioned...and, for me, there just seems a 'I don't know what' quality missing about your green one.

Not really much help am I? :lol: Ivo is great on blown Italian glass, but I can't think of anyone that covers Blenko here...<scratches head> I'll have to say 'Dunno' on that one perhaps. :wink:

By the way - your daughter looks simply STUNNING in that dress, how lucky she is to have a superb vintage dress that no-one else will be wearing! :D
Title: Car boot finds with Canadian glass vase and label
Post by: BJB on August 06, 2006, 02:13:46 PM: Thankyou for all the comments about Felicity and the dress, her face is bright red now :lol: Just need the shoes, bag, jewellery, hair etc etc.... oh to be 15 again.

Maybe one of our American collectors can shed some light on the decanter. Max its on page 204 and says "unidetified stoppered bottle in amber" some help! But it is in the US setion not the Italian one (looking hopeful :wink: )

Barbara
Title: Car boot finds with Canadian glass vase and label
Post by: Pat on August 06, 2006, 02:15:29 PM: Your daughter looks fantastic Barbara!!
Title: Car boot finds with Canadian glass vase and label
Post by: Max on August 06, 2006, 02:33:03 PM: I don't know if this'll help Barbara, but it gives you a feel of what to look for in Blenko.

http://blenkocollectors.com/blenkocollrepros.htm
Title: Car boot finds with Canadian glass vase and label
Post by: Laura Friedman on August 06, 2006, 03:27:28 PM: Hi,

The bottle is definitely not Blenko. No doubt about it. It is Italian, most likely by Empoli in Naples.

Laura
Title: Car boot finds with Canadian glass vase and label
Post by: BJB on August 06, 2006, 03:47:06 PM: Hi Laura,

thanks, I have looked at the link Max showed and I now can tell its not Blenko, but for £1.00 it was worth a gamble ( better than £30.00 :lol: )
from what I can see its to do with stoppers and bases, solid and ground for the stoppers, and take your pick with the bases :? And then some of the early bubble glass looks like Whitefriars and others, (maybe thats what my unusual vase was?) No wonder my head hurts.

Barbara
Title: Car boot finds with Canadian glass vase and label
Post by: Laura Friedman on August 06, 2006, 03:55:38 PM: Hi,

Blenko decanters are blown, not molded like this bottle. A decanter with mold marks or seams can't be Blenko. Also, Blenko decanter's don't have plastic around the stoppers (neither do most Italian decanters).

Don't feel bad about the purchase, these big bottles are popular with decorators regardless of who made them. And they look great in groups. I have a few of them on my patio. They are inexpensive and look great with potted plants.

Laura
Title: Car boot finds with Canadian glass vase and label
Post by: BJB on August 06, 2006, 04:29:08 PM: Hi Laura,

This decanter isn't moulded its free blown and the striation marks can be seen in the body, the glass is very fine and thin which is why, when I bought it I thought of Blenko or Pilgrim rather than the Italian factories.

This is when you wish that they had invented "touchy feely" internet access so the the "feel" of the glass can come through. Its so frustrating when words aren't enough :evil:

Barbara
Title: Car boot finds with Canadian glass vase and label
Post by: Laura Friedman on August 06, 2006, 04:36:00 PM: It's molded or mold blown. If you had five of these, they'd each be exactly the same with no variation between them. Blenko decanters will always have slight variations. Believe me, I've handled dozens if not hundreds of these. It is definitely Italian and no way by Blenko.

Laura
Title: Car boot finds with Canadian glass vase and label
Post by: BJB on August 06, 2006, 04:44:59 PM: Hi Laura,

I realise that its not Blenko now, honestly :D, its just when you have an image in your head and see something like it then find out its not, its nice to have some more information in case another similar piece crops up.

The trouble is there is so little American glass here that you can see and touch, and photographs only help to show colour and shape, its a mine field. Poor Glen is trying to help me with Carnival glass, and I must say I am learning slowly. But there is lots more of that here!

I must put an American glass book on my Christmas list, have you got any that you recomend? I do like pictures, but am getting better with writing as well now :lol:

Barbara
Title: Car boot finds with Canadian glass vase and label
Post by: Max on August 06, 2006, 06:32:28 PM: Thanks for dropping by Laura, I didn't realise you covered Blenko too, it was great to have your input. :D
Title: Car boot finds with Canadian glass vase and label
Post by: BJB on August 08, 2006, 05:37:36 PM: Just a quickie to say I have listed the amethyst vase and the beads on eBay ( link it the market place )

Barbara