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A selection of Oberglas vases - some iridised, some not

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Glen:
Yes Anne - the vase on the left is the one I named (a year or two ago) as "Cascades". It is known in two sizes in marigold iridescent. Oberglas for sure  :lol:

Sorry, can't help with the others.

Glen

Anonymous:
<whistles>  I just sit here behind my computer waiting for you to identify my mystery items - here you managed to ID half a dozen, including flower vases, ice buckets, ash trays, peanut bowls and items of a less salubrious nature  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D
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Cathy B:
HI Glen,

Thanks Ivo for reviving this thread. I didn't see it the first time it came around. It's good to know where the wannabes come from!

All the original Tinypics have disappeared for me. Would there be any chance that you could re-post those in the album Anne has made available for pictures?

Cheers!

Cathy

David555:
Hi Glen

Davidson Luna range c.1971 would be your moulded squared off vase with wavy textured surface - at the W/F board we have been attributing these for a while, there are ones with labels and everything if you go to section 'Mistaken Identites' - there is a picture on that board of about 30 all different vivid colours and many two tone colour combinations - as they say on that board they can look stunning at a low cost

I like to stay calm in the face of arrogance, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and this board doesn't bow to the opinion of just one person - the Luna glass range is becoming ever more polular, let’s remember that expensive items like my Riihimaen Pironki vase was moulded and not exactly finished fantastically, you can see the mould lines and everything duhhh!!

As for your other bits - I cannot open some of the pics, but the pink bit is really interesting with the textured sides and that iridized finish almost gilded looking - many items like this were initially formed in a mould then hand finished (like some Riihimaen), this does not seem to have any lines to the sides that a mass produced moulded piece would have and as you say care has been taken to polish the base - is the rim polished as well, I can’t open that picture –

I can't open the Marigold pic you say is the Stolze Oberglas company, you could ask them as they are still going http://www.stoelzle.com/en/unternehmen/index.html - I think Peter already mentions this, you could also mention that a certain published glass aficionado thinks they are 'bottom feeders' LOL (this is a joke btw)

The two clear glass vases look like Davidson again – the clear glass vase in the round pictured next to the Davidson Luna, I have seen attributed to Riihimaen on other sites and in some books, not hard to see why it’s very Helena Tynell – I have bit exactly like it but square shape – again so what if it’s mould blown

Nice little collection of well designed items showing you don’t have to be a name or label snob to have affordable collection of  50s – 70s glass


Thanks for showing it

Adam D555 :twisted:  :?  :twisted:

Glen:
Adam/David 555, thank you for the 101 on my vases. Actually I began my entire range of queries on the first two vases, about 5 or 6 years ago. These are the marigold iridised bubbly one and the amethyst iridised square one. Photo below.

http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-5851

I began with Davidson experts, who said "not Davidson". I then went to Whitefriars collectors - who all said "not Whitefriars". I let it rest for a while, pondering, and in the interim also purchasing a second marigold vase in a smaller size.

http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-5852

Then came the enlightenment. A twin to my vase bearing the Oberglas, Austria label (and yes, yes I have written to them - several times - but not received a reply yet - thing is I don't actually have endless hours at my disposal).

So that's the history. The marigold bubbly vases are Oberglas.

The amethyst (pink) one is called "Four Sided Treetrunk". It is also known in green with a light iridescence. I didn't say the base had been polished. It is the rim that has been ground and polished. The base is moulded and not ground in any way. There are two mould seams on diametrically opposite long edges.  My understanding of glass making is that many items were initially "formed in a mould and then hand finished" (as you said).

I believe, based on the many similarities, that the amethyst one is also Oberglas. Here are a couple more photos of this one.

http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-5850
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-5849


I don't think the clear glass one with the greek key design is from Riihimaki (see below). The motif has been used by many makers. It has more characteristics in common with the Oberglas items. I will mark the green/yellow one (below) down as Davidson's Luna.

http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-5848

Just one quick question - you said:

--- Quote ---I like to stay calm in the face of arrogance, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and this board doesn't bow to the opinion of just one person
--- End quote ---
I hope you weren't thinking that I was "the face of arrogance"?

Thanks
Glen

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