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Author Topic: Brightest Orangey Vase/Decanter  (Read 840 times)

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Offline chloe

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Brightest Orangey Vase/Decanter
« on: December 05, 2008, 11:33:33 AM »
This feels of some age to me - maybe circa 1900?  Pontil mark to mase and fluted top.  Measures 8 inches high.

Can anyone help please - firstly is it actually a vase?  ideas on age and maker?  why is it *so* orange (almost luminous)?

Many thanks

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Offline Lustrousstone

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Re: Brightest Orangey Vase/Decanter
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2008, 11:53:12 AM »
It's a vase. It also looks like it might be a heat-reactive glass - amber that reacts to reddish orange. The sort used for amberina and Dartington Flame

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Re: Brightest Orangey Vase/Decanter
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2008, 12:33:38 PM »
Many thanks Christine.  There are slight amber tints at the end of the rim, which I guess would tie in.  Does if offer any more hints as to its origin?

Edit: Most of the amberina pieces I'm seeing are American in origin?  I know nothing of American glass - does it look of that style?  Also I spotted a similar flourescent orange piece which was from the 1960s - but this is older than that, yes?

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