Topic: Huge vase, Murano/Nason?

[Gill]

This is a very large and heavy vase, 39cms in height and weighing 3kgs. Looks like Murano to me, and I have seen similar attributed to V Nason, it does have a typical Whitefriars type pontil on it though, I've also seen this on some Scandinavian glass. Any help re. maker and age much appreciated, thanks, Gill


http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-11259
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-11258

[Ivo]

That is a whopper of a floor vase. The pontil mark is polished out which is industry standard and has nothing to do with Whitefriars... By the look of it your piece is Polish and quite recent - or it may have been made in France or Belgium.

[Gill]

Thankyou very much Ivo, always appreciated, I don't think it's come out in the pictures, but looking at the wear to the base and the old muck inside I don't think it's that recent, certainly a whopper though!

[TxSilver]

Gill, I've seen your vase design often stated to be Murano. These types of vases usually are made sommerso style. I cannot tell from the pictures if your vase is sommerso (clear fade to color inside?). I suspect it is Murano. The color fades were very popular in 1960s-1970s. If you google "twisted sommerso vase," there are a couple of similar vases that come up. The few that I looked at didn't have a label, but I only looked through a few of the entries that came up.

These vases are seen pretty often. I am not so good on these types of vessels, but I am sure someone will be able to recognize it.

[Ivo]

just for the record, "sommerso" ("submerged") is a technique in which 2 or more layers of different colour are superimposed. It does not refer to a simple colour grading. Your vase is not sommerso.

[TxSilver]

just for the record, "sommerso" ("submerged") is a technique in which 2 or more layers of different colour are superimposed. It does not refer to a simple colour grading. Your vase is not sommerso.

I did not think so, either, Ivo. But sometimes the optic effects of the glass can make it hard to be sure when looking at a photograph. These twisted vases often are sommerso vases,  but there is no reason that the design could not be made without the layers. The mouth of Gill's vase is similar to those I have seen that were called Murano. It would be nice to find one that has a label.

[Jindra8526]

Hi just to focus you to different direction,
this piece is very often attributed as "Murano" but looks like very typical Chribska, Czechoslovakia or rather recent Czech production. Just few pages from catalogue, unfortunately I have not found the exactly same one, but I am almost sure that it comes from Northern Bohemia...

Jindrich

[Gill]

Thankyou all for your suggestions, Jindrich your pictures are lovely and I can certainly see what you mean but as you say, not quite right, worth seeing the pics of those lovely pieces anyway, cheers, Gill

[Gill]

Was following a thread on Aseda vases and found this link,now I'm thinking it looks like Magnor, have a look at page one.  This one looks like Sommerso, unlike mine but otherwise I think it looks remarkablu similar.  Any views?


http://www.wendelboe.no/kunst/utstillinger/2008/magnor/index.php

[Lustrousstone]

The trouble with hot worked glass is that it can look very similar, no matter where it is from, so unless you find something virtually identical, similar is not good enough for an ID