Topic: Knobbly ashtray with blue and white swirls - Aseda?

[Ivo]

Knobbly astray with smooth polished bottom. I like to think Aseda but is it?

[Tigerchips]

How often is this kind of decoration used? There's something similar in decoration in 20th-Century Glass page 31, by Ercole Barovier. Would this be a Murano shape do you think?

Here's a green one with the same style of decoration. Pezzo Unico Di Prova (wonder what that means?).
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/1646651

And here's one i've yet to identify...

[Ivo]

I'd love to believe it is a big name and the examples you found are really nice. But this is thickwalled, the stripes are random, the sides are pulled up as seen in knobbly Aseda / WF manner. It could be Murano - but I would not think the big ticket variety. But it could also be Maastricht, or something I have not thought of yet.

Pezzo unica di prove = unique proof piece

[langhaugh]

The ashtray in this eBay listing seems somewhat similar, but doesn't get any closer to a reliable identification. The reference is 230245623716. The eBay piece does look like late Chalet.

David

[Ivo]

Thanks for that - I would have missed it completely if you had not posted it. I agree the shape is almost identical - and Chalet would be a maker I had not thought of, as we don't find much Canadian glass here in Europe.