Topic: Id required on neodymium vase. Scandi?

[Littleblackhen]

I picked up an unusual vase yesterday at the boot sale and sat it on my desk while I searched the web trying to identify it.  This evening I noticed that although it had started off the day a clear pinky violet colour, it had turned aqua as the lights got turned on.  A bit of experimentation later and I think I have acquired my first piece of neodymium glass

So now I would like to know more about it.  Does anyone know who it was made by, or when?  It is quite Scandinavian in style I think.

The photos are a bit rushed and had to be taken without flash as the glass looked clear with a flash (?), so they are a bit dark.

[Littleblackhen]

I thought that this glass was really unusual, but I told my dad, and he said he had a similar vase which he checked and it also changed colour, and then this morning I looked at this vase which I bought last week

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=370075604700&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=024

and that is the same!  I am veering towards all three of these being Caithness.  Can anyone tell me any more about neodymium production at Caithness please?  Are they rare, or common as muck?

[Pinkspoons]

Caithness used neodymium extensively in their designs. I have maybe seven or eight different Caithness vase designs I've acquired in joblots, etc, and four of them are neodymium.

[Ivo]

Your Neodymium bud vase is Murano of quite recent vintage.

[Littleblackhen]

Thanks for the answers

I did wonder about the bud vase as the design seems quite modern, although at first I thought it might be Scandinavian.  Murano is ok though

Is the vase I bought from ebay correctly attributed as Caithness then?  I thought it was a Domhnall OBroin one, that is why I bought it.

Dad says he thinks he remembers buying his from Caithness, so that one is sorted.

[Pinkspoons]

The vase in the auction is Caithness, and is actually a lamp base.

You can see it here:
http://www.antiques.dk.com/cat.php/Modern%20Classics/Glass/British/Caithness/Domhnall%20O%27Broin/Lamp%20Bases/1

Someone on eBay currently has the other lamp base design: AUCTION

[Littleblackhen]

Hi Nic

Thanks for that

I bought the one you linked to as well, so I have quite a nice collection forming

[Pinkspoons]

They're very nice designs - especially if you get them fitted out as lamps. I saw a pair of the shorter bases in the sage green colour at an antique fair last year, with brass fittings and simple drum shades - was so tempted to get them, but I just lack the space to actually use them. *sigh*

[deco.queen]

Seeing your vase I had to show you my apple because it has two labels on it.  One says Made in Sweden on the bottom and the other says Konst.   For what it's worth. 

[bubbles]

I have one of these with a label. Definitely Murano.

See here