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Glassyone:
I'm very sorry, I did not intend to sound rude and I must learn to use emoticons, then you can see when my tongue is in my cheek and not foot in mouth,[ hopefully]!

I appreciate the comments and will photo the inside of number one, which looks like the inside of the outside, rather like the back of patterned material.

And I'm sure the info came from Manley and I'll so photo and look it up over the weekend.

Ruth.

David555:
I can help with your second vase - here is a link to same with label (I sold this on eBay) http://tinypic.com/b71kci.jpg - Opaline Florence and the letters VB which I am sure is the company but I have yet to source it - maybe someone in the Murano board can help - I am sure from other bits of VB I have had that your first bit is also VB Opaline Florence - I have no picture but it is their style - both bits are 1960s 70s

Ivo:
I Vetrai di Borgonovo, I think, is the one who used the VB label in the 1960s. This Florentine (Empoli) production of light transparent colours onto an opal glass is a by-product of the lampshade industry and should be ranged under cheap, cheerful & unpretentious.

          But there can be no relation to heavy eastblock lump that Peter just heaved onto the stage. With an opal inner, and a multi coloured pulled outer, and possibly even a clear outer on top of that. you can see how the whole thing becomes too heavy, and at 7 pounds is impossible to finish properly. The neck is sheared, unround and quickly smoothed over, and it isn't even close to the glassmaking standards @ Avem.  Have you noticed how we don't get to see the underside?
         
           The dark red Bohemian vase from the 1930s, like the VB item, is quite lightweight, blown in a mould and cut off at the top. There is no finish of the rim, so there is no pontil mark, and Ruth is quite correct in her statement that this is widely regarded as a Bohemian characteristic.   You often find this glass type in rose bowl shape with a metal grid and there are hundreds of colour variations. I was always under the impression these were by Kralik - but there may have been several other manufacturers using these techniques.

 :roll:

Glassyone:
Mea culpa, maximea culpa.
Not only did I bllx trying to apply wisdom from Manley 'Identifying glass by country' but looked and did not see.

Thank you David 555  for making the ID of number two, which makes it easy to research more about  and Frank for the explanation. [When I learn enough about websites to get a website under my own control, I hope you don't mind being mentioned] That's another topic!

Now further to number one, here are pics of the base and the inside,[ not that crash hot].  
On looking again I see the clear glass outside and a thin layer of coloured inside, with some areas of damage. It has been used for flowers probably.  
 

Base
http://tinypic.com/b7j1ow.jpg

Inside
http://tinypic.com/b7j29c.jpg

Ruth

Glassyone:
Mmmm, maybe Manley and I did not bllx too badly then.

Shame he is dead.

Cheers Ivo.

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