Topic: Any ideas about this (possibly) Art Deco vase/trough?

[johnfandmaryp]

Hi all,

Can anyone give me any information about this clear glass vase/trough. It's about 8.5" across by 5" front to back by 5.5" tall and is, I presume, pressed glass. The band across the middle is frosted and the bottom band is textured and frosted. Thought I'd check before deciding what to do with it!

main view ~ http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-8869
side view ~ http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-8868
bottom ~ http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-8867
top view ~ http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-8866

Thanks in anticipation, John.

[Leni]

My daughter-in-law's dad has one in Uranium green.  (I tried to find out who made it, but couldn't  ) 

He keeps bananas in it! 

[johnfandmaryp]

... He keeps bananas in it! 

Thanks Leni ~ problem now is that I've already got a bowl for my bananas!!

[Sue C]

The shape remind's me of a cheese coaster 

[johnfandmaryp]

The shape remind's me of a cheese coaster 

Thanks Sue ~ I thought that too! The reasons I decided against it were:
a) the front and back aren't parallel and slope in towards the bottom. I've never actually been up close to a cheese coaster/stand, but sort of presumed that the sides would be vertical?
b) the size ~ wouldn't it be bigger if it were a cheese coaster
c) I've never come across a glass cheese coaster before!
 :huh: John.

[Lustrousstone]

It has similarities to Sowerby's 2617 fruit bowl from the late 1930s, although the catalogue illustration doesn't seem to have frosting. The dimensions for this are 8.75 x 4.75 x 5.5 in

[Sklounion]

I'm not absolutely certain, but I have an idea, that something like this was once used by a UK chocolates manufacturer as a box, with a metal lid, for Christmas assortments.
Regards,
Marcus

[johnfandmaryp]

Thanks for those suggestions both ~ much appreciated as always.
It's still standing beside my desk at the moment ~ will explore the avenues you've pointed down and let you know if I find anything.
Cheers, and Happy New Year! John.

[Adam]

It looks very familiar and I think we may have made a few at Sowerbys in my time but not enough to remember the pattern number.  However, 2617 sounds very likely.  Sowerbys did a lot of acid frosting pre WW2, when this would have been introduced but none post-war, at least when I was there (sandblasting was a crude substitute for a few patterns).  So any examples of this thing which I might have seen would not have been frosted.

There was a huge department where acid work would have been done, still called "the painters" but only used for furnace brick storage and general junk when I was there.

Adam D.

[Sklounion]

Hi Adam,
Would that have been called "the painters" as the method of frosting/matte finishing the glass was etching salts which were painted on?
Resist acid-etching was a very expensive process, in terms of labour.
Regards,
Marcus