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Title: Coloured Glass and Silver sculptured vase - please help me identify it thanks
Post by: abc on September 30, 2012, 09:25:32 AM
Hello , Could any one help me with identifying this vase  please , its about 4.5 inches tall and very very light , and the silverwork is stamped 925

ps sorry about the small pictures as I have had problem loading within 125kb
Title: Re: Coloured Glass and Silver sculptured vase - please help me identify it thanks
Post by: abc on September 30, 2012, 09:31:19 AM
more small pics sorry
Title: Re: Coloured Glass and Silver sculptured vase - please help me identify it thanks
Post by: Ivo on September 30, 2012, 04:18:11 PM
Silver stamped 925 is often Peruvian or Mexican. Any takers on that?
Title: Re: Coloured Glass and Silver sculptured vase - please help me identify it thanks
Post by: chopin-liszt on September 30, 2012, 04:56:41 PM
I'd love to see bigger pictures, the glass looks interesting.
Title: Re: Coloured Glass and Silver sculptured vase - please help me identify it thanks
Post by: abc on September 30, 2012, 05:30:45 PM
yes its a stunning piece of work both the glass and the silver work , but when i resize the picture from 2.6MB to fit to 125Kb it goes way to small , sorry I must be thick !!
Title: Re: Coloured Glass and Silver sculptured vase - please help me identify it thanks
Post by: chopin-liszt on September 30, 2012, 05:42:09 PM
There's lots of help about practical stuff here. Not everybody has the same system, so you'll have to look for the right instructions for you. Even I managed to get to grips with it.... eventually.  :-[
You should be able to post a thumbnail image, which will blow up when you click on it here. :)
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/board,22.0.html
Title: Re: Coloured Glass and Silver sculptured vase - please help me identify it thanks
Post by: user9318 on October 01, 2012, 06:49:30 AM
The Chinese also stamp 925 on modern silver.
Title: Re: Coloured Glass and Silver sculptured vase - please help me identify it thanks
Post by: Lustrousstone on October 01, 2012, 08:41:23 AM
Resize your pictures so that the longest dimension is 700 pixels. That should work, particularly as the starting file isn't that big.
Title: Re: Coloured Glass and Silver sculptured vase - please help me identify it thanks
Post by: abc on October 01, 2012, 08:57:14 PM
Better picture this time , .........I hope !!!
Title: Re: Coloured Glass and Silver sculptured vase - please help me identify it thanks
Post by: abc on October 01, 2012, 09:08:01 PM
one more better picture, sorry about all of this ........hopefully someone can identify my vase now ..........please !!!!
Title: Re: Coloured Glass and Silver sculptured vase - please help me identify it thanks
Post by: chopin-liszt on October 02, 2012, 08:56:41 AM
Is there any age-related wear to the base? How it the pontil mark finished off?
Do you have the very close-up close-up setting on your camera? (The flower symbol with the "s" beside it)
I love the colours in the glass and the bubbles - but I cannot see the design/pattern in them clearly, to see how it was produced.

Looking at the silver work, which I can see far more clearly now, I am having a wonder if it might be contemporary, from Thailand. I've seen a lot of fabulous costume jewellery over the last few years, with beautiful "art nouveau" style silverwork around faux jewells and glass.
I've got a necklet, will post a pic.
Title: Re: Coloured Glass and Silver sculptured vase - please help me identify it thanks
Post by: abc on October 02, 2012, 05:07:10 PM
Hi thanks for helping here are some more pics
The vase is very very light and the glass is really thin if that helps
Title: Re: Coloured Glass and Silver sculptured vase - please help me identify it thanks
Post by: orangeglass on September 28, 2014, 02:34:15 PM
Hi,
 I am adding to this thread as I have also acquired (an extra piece from an auction lot) a very similar piece - 7" high.
I cannot find any marks on the metal so not sure if silver or not, the whole thing is very light, mine has a foot so I cannot see the base of the glass - the glass itself looks very interesting! Lots of bubbles - blue/green/greys - a bit iridescent like the surface of petrol! (use of silver chloride??)
I have seen all sorts of vague attributions for these but nothing concrete - so anyone know anything else about these?
I suspect anywhere from 1960's onward, but i wouldn't think any earlier than that and quite possible a lot later.
The first two pictures are with and without flash, the last picture is taken holding it up to the light.