Topic: opalescent enamelled footed vase, French, Bohemian ?

[Andy]

It was love at first sight,  My eyes saw it across a crowded little antiques fair !  :24:
I had to have it come and live with me  :hug:

 :24: Anyway, Its Opalescent bobbly lumps (inside vase) irridescent, 3 feet,
beautifully enamelled with flowers. 6 inches tall.
Enamelled stuff usually doesnt appeal to me, but the quality of this ( i hope shows in photos)
tells me its a good maker.
Does anyone have an idea, or point me to the possible origins, im thinking it may be French, Bohemian,
or could it be English/?? im thinking it dates circa 1900.
It needed a good clean, and i got a bottle brush stuck in it for a while, luckily i managed to
prise it out carefully!
hope you like it,
Cheers
Andy

[Andy]

The base, and 1 for luck 

[Gill]

No useful information I'm afraid but HOW Pretty!!!

[keith]

Webb Corbett did some similar enamel work but I've been wrong before(to many times to count)Keith.

[Anne]

Andy, that's sooooo pretty, I can see why it seized your heart!

[TxSilver]

This type of opaline glass was favored by the French and Italians. Maybe it will give some idea of the origin.

[Andy]

Thanks for looking,
ive run out of time this week, going into hospital tomorrow for an ankle operation  :sick:
so will be back next week in plaster and have some spare time on my hands for 6 or 8 weeeeeks  
I will trail the interweb and my books then.

in the meantime, any clues welcome  
Cheers all,
Andy

ps enjoy glass fair at Birmingham , all who are going
 :thup:

[Cathy B]

Good luck with the operation, Andy, and hope you're back on your feet sooner rather than later. Enjoy the enforced rest!  :kissy:

[Carolyn Preston]

Get well quick, Andy.  :hug:

Carolyn

[Andy]

Thanks for suggestions and best wishes,
Im on the mend slowly!
My thoughts at the moment, Ive looked through my books, and quite a few websites, not found
anything that similar, my Mum thinks the flowers are alpines, so maybe that leads to France/Austria/bohemian
Its blown not moulded, so colour is Lalique ish, but probably not,
I think the etching is in the style of Fritz Heckert, im sure ive seen very very similar somewhere on the web?
i sometime end up on  Mike Moirs website, Mike, any ideas?
I do hope to find an answer to this one as the quality is so good.

Good news now, im off to the pub for a few Guinness's, first for ages,
Cheers all,
Andy