Topic: Posy vase ID needed - please.

[Denidownunder]

Hi all - Greetings from Australia.

I was hoping somebody may be able to help me identify this amber posy vase.

It stands approx. 60mm high,  160mm across at widest and 70mm base.

Any/All help will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Ian   

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u108/iann3200/posy1.jpg
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u108/iann3200/posy2.jpg
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u108/iann3200/posy3.jpg

[Lustrousstone]

Hi Welcome to the board. Your bowl is a Bagley Equinox, pattern no 3061 in the turned out version. It was made from 1938 t0 1975 in clear and frosted in a variety of colours. Info courtesy "Bagley Glass" Bowey and Parsons

[Angela B]

Whoops. No its not. There's a picture of the Bagley equinox on here (the grey bowl)
http://www.glassencyclopedia.com/Bagleyglass.html
Yours is a similar shape which I believe was made by Sowerby in the same period.
Angela (Bowey)

[Bernard C]

Whoops, Angela, no it's not.   I'm reasonably certain it's not English.

... and your link doesn't work for me, bringing up a dodgy search screen instead.

Bernard C. 

[Denidownunder]

Hi Christine, Angela and Bernard,

thank you for sharing your time to answer my query.

It looks like we have a real mystery here.

I'm hoping perhaps someone may have seen or knows of a similar posy vase.

thanks again for your help.

all the best,

Ian   

[Cathy B]

Hi everyone,

We've discussed this piece before and couldn't find the maker then either. We'd all assumed Sowerby because of the resemblance to their lily vases.

http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,10273.msg81761.html#msg81761

The owner of that vase is Australian as well.

Cheers!

Edit later: by the way, Julie's photos work in the third post but not the first.

[Lustrousstone]

Whoops 

[Denidownunder]

Hi Cathy,

Had a look at Julie's photos and her posy vase looks almost identical in shape.

Looking closely though hers seems to be taller ie. the stem looks longer.

thanks for helping.

all the best,
Ian

[Bernard C]

Christine — Thanks for making me laugh    :hug:

Ian — easily explained.   It was pressed as a tall bowl or wide vase shape, and then, while still hot and flexible, a former was used to invert the edge into a mushroom.    Minor differences in temperature and pressure would have had significantly different results, and I would expect the different shapes you noticed.

When you've been looking at glass for some years you tend to ignore the final shape, perceiving the earlier stage in manufacture.   So, for example, to me, a Whitefriars Tom Hill five-sided bowl with folded rim is essentially the same as a Whitefriars five-sided vase, and if you know one, then you will recognise the other.

Bernard C. 

[Denidownunder]

Hi Bernard,

Thank you for explaining that , every bit of information helps, as I know very little about glass.

So I guess seeing that the (almost) same query has been on before and no final answer reached
the mystery of the posy vase will remain for now.

Thanks to all for taking the time to answer my questions.

all the best,
Ian