Topic: Amber flower or turbine dish

[Chris Harrison]

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Found this nice heavy toffee-amber dish in a Goodwill store in Virginia.
It's 6"/15cm in diameter and about 1.5"/3+cm high.  So heavy that I think it must have a lot of lead in it.

Sadly, no signature or label.

The base is nicely ground flat, and has a hollow in the centre.

The maker has used their jacks to twist each of the 8 blades at an angle, so that the dish ends up looking a bit like a turbine.  You can see the tool marks have been deliberately left on the end of the blades, and that adds to the character of the piece.

It's very tactile.  I like it a lot.

Anyone have an idea as to the maker?

Ta,
Chris

[Chris Harrison]

Was shown an Archimede Seguso flower bowl this morning that was quite similar. It had the red 1960s Archimede Seguso label.

A feasible answer?

[paradisetrader]

I had a look in Pina Century 20 but nothing - not surprised as the base is most un-murano like.
What I did find was a deep Seguso Floriform bowl in pink opalino with gold dust which sounds as though it could be a match for the Seguso. However only 4 petals and I'd bet no hollow in the centre of the base.
If you are in Virginia USA the amber bowl is more likely to be Blenko, Viking, Kanahwa, Pilgrim or Bischoff. Pete

[Chris Harrison]

Thanks, Pete.

Sorry, I should have said, I bought the bowl at least 5 years ago whilst visiting, and have been looking through American books, catalogues, eBay listings and on-line collections ever since.

My first guess was Blenko, since it's a good match for their amber colour.

Haven't found anything even close and am getting desperate!

I don't usually ask for help on newly-found items, unless I know that someone's actively researching that area.  If there's material out there to be read, I like to try and work things out by myself.  It keeps me out of the pub.
If I posted absolutely every item that I haven't yet identified, I'd be hogging the whole forum...

[paradisetrader]

I have about 6 books on Blenko and American Glass of this type but it's going to take me a while to get my hands on them as they aren't in use very often. Email me for other places to look.

You didn't say if the Seguso was similar to the one I described or not.
Pete

[Chris Harrison]

Sorry, yeah, similar.

Round, four petals and flat ground base.  No metal inclusions. The same dark amber all the way through - and uncased, as per the small Seguso geode bowls.

[Chris Harrison]

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