Topic: moser intaglio

[azelismia]

This piece is 4" high 123.00 was my knockdown price.. Did I do well? Not sure of the going rate of these.  I wanted one though and I don't think it gets a lot better than this price wise?

[Galle]

It was good enough to beat me. :hiclp:

[azelismia]

that's what worries me! lol, 125 was my cut off. I figured that was going to be the knockdown judging from how many views it had. I am getting pretty good at final price predictions on wrongly labelled auctions.

I really have to start selling stuff...

[krsilber]

Shaded intaglio piece like this seem to fetch quite a lot of money, so I'm not surprised you had to pay that much.  I don't remember ever seeing one with a band like that at the top, which may have made your competition a bit stiffer.  There's a design on it, isn't there?  Is it etched or cut?  I'd love to see a close-up of it if you get a chance.  Also, if you feel like it, could you take a picture of the flower with something white inside the vase?  I'm interested to see how the depth of the cutting might reveal the different layers of colorless and green glass.

I, too, have long wanted an example like yours...congratulations on your win!

[azelismia]

I haven't got it yet but I'll be happy to take more pics when I have it.  I am under the impression that the rim is enamel but I could be wrong. This was one of those misidentified auctions that had a weird sideways picture and was just under antique vases. it still had something like 146 views . It was still 29.00 in the last few minutes of auction. I knew it wasn't going to stay there with that sort of attention. They don't have a little icon symbolising the thrill of hte hunt up in the emoticon section. they need one with slavering fangs

[azelismia]

http://s248.photobucket.com/albums/gg172/thefiresidecat/

Kristi,  I took a lot of pics of it. it's easier just to give you a link to my photo bucket account. I have a new bright led blacklight. I took some pics of it with that.  but it is bright in the LED black light anyway just not green. When I use my older crappier blacklight on it, it does glow green but the other blacklight is so faint that it doesn't produce enough light to take a picture by.

 I guess the newer led blacklights don't have the same waves of light that the long tube fluorescents have and that's what brings out the uranium in that nice green glow. I need yet another black light to replace the long tube one I have that doesn't even have a replacement area for batteries.

[krsilber]

Thanks for posting the photos!  Are you happy with it now that you have in your hot little paws, fireside kitty?

I've wondered before how those LED blacklights measure up to fluorescent bulbs.  It would be interesting to get a variety of UV lights together and test a few pieces of glass.

Do you mean the green glows in UV?  I assume so, if you're talking about uranium.  Huh - I wouldn't have guessed that.  Interesting.

[azelismia]

It's a very pretty little piece. the green doesn't have any reaction to the uv lights at all. the base clear glass does. it does on my other green to clear moser piece as well. it's a bright candy apple green but only with the long bulb. it doesn't with the LED light.

[krsilber]

That would be manganese making it glow then rather than uranium.

[azelismia]

this ebay number is my other moser piece. they included a pic of the glow w/blacklight. So even if it's got a nice bright glow like this it's not uranium in clear glass? I thought that was only for the pale dim glow?
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