Topic: Square Black Fishy Bohemian MOSER?? Vase

[Lustrousstone]

Examples of Moser 1922 hyalith can be seen in Moser 1857-1997 on page 119.

[TxSilver]

I checked through my pictures of Moser fish vases and looked at the two I have. I couldn't find any examples of smiley fish. They all look very serious. I also looked at a couple of pictures of attributed Harrach vases. These fish also looked stern. This doesn't mean that one of these companies didn't decorate your vase, but it does hint that some other company was involved. I would also include French and German companies in my search for the maker. The enameled glass can be so hard to attribute with certainty.

[Jindra8526]

Repetition is mother of wisdom, so once more again

In case of doubts "Is it Moser glass?" ask directly Moser company:

Please send us a product photo and a shot of the company’s logo on the bottom of the product at customerservice@moser-glass.com, fax them at     +420 353 449 619         
or mail them at the address MOSER, a.s.,
Kpt. Jaroše 46/19,
360 06 Karlovy Vary,
Czech Republic.

www.moser.cz

It works and had been succesfully used several times.
Jindrich

[Andy]

Well, Ive emailed Moser . Fingers crossed.

Another suggestion, looking for something else, i found a black enamelled vase by Auguste Jean.
He liked Oriental designs, often fish. unusual shapes, and looking for other examples on google,
he liked to put feet on his vases.  I wonder if his fish were smiling, none of the ones i found had any.

Cheers
Andy

ps. Some of the feet, very similar to Pauls vase.
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,25763.0.html

[Glasshound]

Definitely NOT Auguste Jean...His work was "organic" with odd shapes and drips of glass on the sides....

Heres's something on EBAY that's pretty close to your vase except there's butterflies instead of fish...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230334913249

/Blair

[Lustrousstone]

Those lovely blue ones are made of uranium-containing glass I would bet. Don't know if that's a helpful clue or not.

[Andy]

Thanks Blair,
nice vases  :thup:
Got to be from the same place!

Shame the sellers not sure either ! 'Probably Baccarat, undoubtedly French'   

Any views on the Baccarat suggestion?

Actually Christine, when you asked about 'chips' there is a few teeny ones and a litlle loss to the
enamel in places. But not enough to put me off

Cheers
Andy
 

[flying free]

this looks very similar to your vase - this one is identified as Harrach
http://www.thegildedcurio.com/item-560.html
m

[Andy]

Thanks m,
another great site, lots of lovely glass on the gilded curio , and the odd moggie !!
Andy

[Mike M]

No only is it a really great site.

She knows her bohemain glass especially well and particularly Harrach

I think this is now solved

M