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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Unresolved Glass Queries => Topic started by: BRADBURY7308 on May 26, 2009, 06:55:47 PM
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Recnely ive been trying to buy a few pieces of glass to start a collection with im buying across a wide spectrum and buy thing's that i feel are pleasing to me, I recently payed more than i usually do for pieces of glass for an item described as murano?? could you take a look at it and see if it is please!! Thanks dan.
Its item no 200342827905 and has now completed. :rn:
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I don't recognize the vase. It could be made anywhere, but I suspect Chinese -- could definitely be wrong here!
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Dan:
It doesn't look like Murano to me. What interests me is the number of bidders this attracted. You were not alone. I've seen some very nice Murano, FT "Starry Nights," for example, go for much less than this , or attract no bidders. Do the bidders on this piece know something I don't?
David
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I thought the same thing when I saw the vase, David. I checked the other offerings of the sellers and saw they were mainly clothes. I'll have to write the seller to see if there is a trick for getting such a good price for the vase... Then maybe it is something good that I just don't recognize.
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Anita: If I remember, it was a charity for members of the armed forces. I'll avoid making any suggestions about how you might compete with that.
David
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Well i never noticed it was for charity!! Just thougt it was attractive i didnt think it was murano from the picture but i thought it might be czech big maybe...anyway it was quite a lot too give it seems, i will post some pictures here when it gets here today tommorow to let you see also.thanks for your perusal. :thup:
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Don't forget the base picture. Style looks Czech but there looks to be too many colours
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Anita: If I remember, it was a charity for members of the armed forces. I'll avoid making any suggestions about how you might compete with that.
David
It's a wonderful charity. It makes me wish the vase had done even better.
Bradbury, looking forward to the pictures. Maybe we'll be able to figure out who might have made the vase.
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I'd like to see better pictures, too. I agree with Christine that it's worth considering Czech. I had thought about suggesting it originally, but the photo isn't clear enough (and I was too tentative). You might ask the moderator to change the subject line. If it includes "Czech?" I'm sure Jindrich will have a look.
Good luck.
David
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That top treatment is very reminiscent of Japanese pieces.
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Looks very like pieces seen made by Hineri, Japan in the 60s-70s, but I can't find anything out about Hineri. They used paper labels "Hand Craft Hineri Glass Made In Japan" according to my jottings - made a long time ago.
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It definitely looks similar to Hineri to me too, Anne, but that's just an impression and I don't know much about it except what's flashed past on eBay. I wish I could interest my brother in glass - he lives in Japan and is fluent in the language, but is more interested in women, alcohol and martial arts!
Some examples of Japanese freeform glass: Hineri vase a bit like Dan's vase (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200342073086), a really amazing Hineri thing (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260414405352), slightly iridescent Hineri (http://www.trademe.co.nz/Pottery-glass/Glass-crystal/Other/auction-214184700.htm), Sanyu (http://www.antique-art.com.au/index.cfm/item/35162-japanese-art-glass-vase/), ugly vase thingy (http://howbazaarantiques.com.au/2009/03/15/japanese-polychrome-coloured-glass-bowl-55/), Oread and unknown (pretty sure that Oread is Japanese as well) (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200345880291), a Rossini swan (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270397638667).
Just for reference, here are a couple of glass pieces, labelled Sanyu and Rainbow Glass, both stating "Made in Japan". Sanyu is likely to be a company name, whereas Rainbow Glass is probably either an importer's label or a local brand name.
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Thanks for all the excellent info on hineri id bet its made by them or someone very close, Amases me just how fast some people can navigate the web and find snippets of really usefull information on so many differing subjects thanks for all your time. I didnt like the vase out of the box but after a nice soapy wash and a spot light behind it im quite taken with it. so it might stay for a while!! Im trying to amass a collection cheaply this was my most expensive peice by a long shot so far, im getting pieces from all over the place but i guess thats the way it goes you dont just go out and find pieces by daum,tiffany, in charity shops that know one wants anymore, but i guess thats the fun in this hobby you just never know whats going too turn up..good hunting all
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Let's see what Jindra says before jumping to conclusions though! It might well still be Czech - but we shouldn't discount other possibilities.
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...I didnt like the vase out of the box but after a nice soapy wash and a spot light behind it im quite taken with it. so it might stay for a while!! Im trying to amass a collection cheaply this was my most expensive peice by a long shot so far, im getting pieces from all over the place but i guess thats the way it goes you dont just go out and find pieces by daum,tiffany, in charity shops that know one wants anymore, but i guess thats the fun in this hobby you just never know whats going too turn up..good hunting all
Buying the glass you like is a good way to collect. I wouldn't want to pay too much postage, though, if the glass isn't a fair investment. I think the best advice for someone building a collection is to zero in on what he/she likes best and buy a good book. For example, a person interested in learning Murano could buy Leslie Pina's Italian Glass Century 20. It isn't very expensive and is an excellent primer for Murano glass for the ordinary person, i.e. the one who doesn't have lots of money. A good book pays for itself very quickly by helping to avoid mistake purchases. It is more enjoyable to collect good glass than okay glass.
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Thank you for the advice on collecting txsilver i originally started collecting a few months back and wanted to collect things that were good investments for the future as its quite a time consuming hobby i try too buy from charity shops it amases me how charity shops can get the prices of glassware wrong, i remember seeing a waterford crystal decanter for £4 recently yet they had £8 on a polish crystal vase in a box?? What glass is a good investment for the future? ive heard sklo union might be an up and coming glass to purchase now at reasonble prices for the future. thanks dan.