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Vase - ID = Maure Vieille, France

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Daniels_Glass_Items:
Hi everyone,

I'm trying to identify this one, havent seen anything like it before. It's a blue vase, has white whirled around inside the blue glass and has a maker's stamp on the bottom pressed into the glass with the logo MV. I think its an old piece as it has tiny bubbles trapped in some parts of the glass and looks to be handblown.

Is that the makers mark or is it the year? It's got me stumped! Never seen anything like it before, does anyone know anything about this piece?

Thanking you all in advance for you're assistance. :)

Dan

Pictue's of this vase can be viewed below.  ;)

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Ivo:
It is from a small glass maker in the south of France called Maure Vieille near La Napoule, somtimes known as Mortevieille. I don't think they're still around - they're not in Le Guide du Verrier.

Daniels_Glass_Items:
Do you know when they went out of buisness? Thank you for you're prompt help, I really appreciate it!

I like there idea of stamping the glass with there logo, now theres a sticker that wont fall off!! :)

Is it valuable?

Ivo:
Valuable is the result of collector's activity and believe me, there are no collectors for what is in essence an obscure maker. So whatever it brings is what it brings. The last time I saw a piece of MV this size was on the antique market in Saint Tropez some years ago and the dealer wanted ca. 50 Euros for it - but he didn't know what it was. 
Not sure what happened to MV, if they went out of business or not - but I believe te main production was 70s and 80s.  Googling brings up nothing...

Daniels_Glass_Items:
Yes, I noticed that myself when I went to oogle google, that's pretty cool, this is the first piece of glass I've owned that's as you say, obscure, french and by a maker that is now out of buisness. Yet another fine addition for any collection or collector of obscure glass then..  ;)

And the estimate of 50 euro's is far in excess of what I actually paid for it, if I told you how much I picked it up for in a flea market you'd probably call me a crook.. Haha!

Thank you for your insight it has been music to my ears!

I do so enjoy little obscure bits like these as it gives the eye something to gaze upon. If its as obscure as you say, then  surely that means there arnt that meny of them around thus making it a very rare item to possess and all the more lovely to behold. ;)

We obviously have very differant opinions of what makes something a collectable... I would call something thats obscure and hard to get hold of highly collectable.  ::)

Thanks for your help,

Regards

Danny.

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