Topic: Red and clear glass textured vase - ID = Whitefriars 'finger vase' # 9279

[Tramonto.]

Hi....I couldn't resist this slim bark(ish) effect vase.  

http://tinypic.com/fa8yeu.jpg

It does look a bit distorted in the pic...it is actually slightly wider at the bottom than at the top.  I was looking through books and the nearest I could find to it was a Baxter vase.  Would anyone have any idea as to its age at least please?  Thanks!

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[Pat]

Looks like a Baxter Whitefriars finger vase to me. Age between 1970 and 1980.

[Pinkspoons]

If it is Whitefriars, then the Ruby colour dates it to post-1974. It's hard to tell from the photograph, though.  

[Anonymous]

I'd agree that it looks like a WF finger vase. Post on www.whitefriars.com for absolute confirmation if you don't trust me . Ground rim is right for the finger vase, pattern # 9279.

Pinkspoons, do you mean that finger vases weren't made in ruby till '74? Ruby was listed in a 1949 catalogue: http://www.whitefriars.com/colours.php. I've got quite a few ruby WF from the 40s/50s.

Cathy

[Pinkspoons]

Oh, I didn't realise this design (#9729) came out before 1969, and it doesn't appear in ruby til '74... at least in the catalogues I have. (admittedly I don't have the 1949 one).

[Anonymous]

Thanks Pinky - that answers what I was asking!

Cathy B.

[Tramonto.]

Cathy, Pat, Nic..many thanks for your responses.  I wasn't really expecting it to actually be Whitefriars.  

It isn't quite as tall as the others on the site though (thanks for the link). It is 5 and three-quarter inches - I hope that doesn't rule it out.

In any case, not bad for a quid.

Thanks

[Pinkspoons]

Nope - 5 3/4" is indeed the correct height.

Congrats on the excellent buy!  

[Pinkspoons]

Oh, actually...

I'm confused... (easily done)

In the 1972 catalogue pattern #9729 is 5 3/4" tall...

But by 1974, when it becomes available in ruby, it's grown an inch to 6 3/4"... and seems to have changed in shape (more flared at the bottom)!

[Tramonto.]

:shock: Ohh, double confused (very easily done).  Could I have a throwback?  At widest it is 1 3/4" across the bottom - if that makes any difference?  I'm intrigued.   Thanks for the info!