Topic: Cheap bottle glass but great effect (in my opinion) - Kegla

[flying free]

I thought I would share a piece of glass which is one of my favourites and looks fab on display, but is the cheapest and most worthless.

It was for sale for £10.00    I would have paid it cos I really like it    however I asked the dealer to peel off the sticky label... and lo and behold the frosting came off with it.  Shame because I really like it - however she gave it to me for nothing of course and it looks fantastic well lit

It's Kegla glass. 35cm tall.   I have looked them up and I have another of their bottles (a shoe) with olive oil in however that is just clear.
They also don't seem to do these bottles anymore.  I wonder where it came from and what was in it and who 'sprayed' the frosting on... probably never know.
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[chopin-liszt]

 :thup:
I have to agree, looks good!
Iestyn Davies did a series of tall glasses with a very similar face thing on them - but not cheap, bottle glass, or with cold sprayed-on "frosting"!

Given the sprayed on stuff comes off, you could, if you wanted scrub it all off completely and resurface it yourself - either with glass paints (in my experience, expensive and very hard, if not impossible, to get looking good).

Or just spray it with canned spray paint - copper metallic might look good - you could change it any time you wanted to suit your decor!

[Anne]

What a great looking bottle, I love it! I collect (or try to!!!) quirky bottles and I'd have gone for that one too.

It was reminding me also of some Iestyn Davies vases that I saw on Bernard's stall at Harrogate which are referenced here: http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,26924.0.html

[jonchellycain]

ohhh that was mine lol (in the link lol), i was trying to find it a little while ago when i saw this piece but anna got there before me 
michelle

[flying free]

thanks for your replies - Anne also for the Iestyn link which is beautiful.  I obviously have the poor man's version  but I still love it.
Sue, good ideas about respraying it.  The ironic thing is the colour it is sprayed is gorgeous and translucent so it looks great illuminated.  I doubt I could replicate it.  It is also quite hard to get off strangely (I tried scratching a small part)- I would have to sellotape and peel the entire thing!
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