Topic: LARGE WATER CARRIERS VASE

[Sue C]

This vase is huge!! i have looked everywhere but cant find it, can anyone help please??

[mhgcgolfclub]

Hi

I have seen the vase at fairs many times in different colurs and I believe the maker is still unknown

Roy

[Pip]

This vase is huge!! i have looked everywhere but cant find it, can anyone help please??

Where did you last leave it?  .... IGMC

[antiquerose123]

Gorgeous  :hiclp:

[krsilber]

Very nice piece!

I have to ask - what's "IGMC"?

[Sklounion]

IGMC = "I'll get my coat."
Regards,
Marcus

[Sue C]

This vase is huge!! i have looked everywhere but cant find it, can anyone help please??

Where did you last leave it?  .... IGMC

Doh !! i could have worded that better, it is beautiful, there is a tiny chip to the rim, but i love it!

[Mosquito]

Still unknown as far as I'm aware. It's a good looking vase but the design is quite derivative, it seems to be a marriage of elements from Sabino's 7009 'La Danse' (aka La Danse et Colombes) and Lalique's 'Danaides' patterns. It is often described as Czech but I've seen no evidence for this.

[Sue C]

Funny you should say that, my first instinct was Czech, and they have rather manly features?

[Mosquito]

Reviving this as I've noticed that on plate 417, p. 198 of Hajdamach's 20th Century British Glass there's an example of this vase attributed to Sowerby and shown alongside a Pandora biscuit barrel & frog & Bullrush vase.

I was wondering if anyone can confirm this attribution or knows where it comes from? While there's a stylistic similarity between this vase and the Hermes and Pandora patterns, the Sowerby attribution surprised me. I've seen the vase in several unusual colours I wouldn't normally associate with Sowerby and the overall feel is a little different - certainly the glass feels thinner, less chunky than my Sowerby Hermes vase or Pandora biscuit jar, and the finishing is quite different too.

I also noticed that the example shown in the book is described as 7 1/2 inches (19 cm) high. It was therefore made in at least two sizes as my colourless flint example stands 9 1/2 inches (24 cm) tall.

Steven