Topic: Optic-ribed decanter with smoky base and stopper. Id?

[chopin-liszt]

Hiya,

I found this decanter in a Sue Ryder shop last week. The design of the stopper looked familiar and it's a lovely piece, but I've not got a clue what it is.
Can anybody help, please?



http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/chopin-liszt/more%20glass/dec1.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/chopin-liszt/more%20glass/dec2.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/chopin-liszt/more%20glass/dec3.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/chopin-liszt/more%20glass/dec6.jpg

and taken in front of the kitchen window, which shows the optic ribbing
better

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/chopin-liszt/more%20glass/dec4.jpg

and to demonstrate the optical effect even more clearly,
Muzzy kindly wandered in front of it..... and split into two bits....eeek!

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/chopin-liszt/more%20glass/dec5.jpg

[suzygpr]

It's a lovely thing Sue, sorry I can't help ID it though.  You've obviously got much better charity shops than we do around here.  Well done!!

Suzy xxx

[chopin-liszt]

You get good days and not-so-good days, Suzy.
You just have to persevere regularly!
Thanks!

[Pinkspoons]

I feel like I should know this one.  :huh:

I'll try to dig my books out later for a good old trawl!

[chopin-liszt]

Thanks, Nic.
I've trawled my books but came up with nothing - but I feel I should know it too!

[Pinkspoons]

I've had a shuffle through the more obvious ones, but nothing sprang out. The colour reminds me a little of 1930s-40s Målerås Glasbruk pieces I've had in the past - sort of a reddish rauchtopaz. It's nothing concrete by any means, but it could be a starting point.

[chopin-liszt]

I don't have much in the way of Scandanavian books on glass, and had wondered if that might be the direction to go - more from the shape of the stopper than the colour. It's not an area I know much about at all. Thanks so much for taking the trouble Nic.

[Andy]

It has an Art Deco look to it. 30s could well be the area.

[chopin-liszt]

I thought that myself, Andy, though the base does not seem to have much age-related wear - maybe it just wasn't used or moved around a lot. However, the stopper looks to be more recent in design than that (to me :spls:. )
The fit between the stopper and the neck is practically perfect, and neither have rough grinding marks, they're quite clear. On the other hand, the part where the base is joined though good, is not perfect.

[flying free]

had a trawl around thinking maybe the stopper would be findable, but the only stopper vaguely similar (in that it's flat, rather than round, and on looking again isn't the same as yours   ) was this one.  It's referred to as a lollipop stopper, but I've no idea if that would help.

http://www.vmglasshouse.com/empoli/empoli-decanter-3112.htm

I don't know if Italian would be a possible though?  Sorry... that's not very helpful is it?
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