Topic: Ashtray gallery

[Jo in Australia]

Not sure at all... but number 4 could be D'Avesn.

[paradisetrader]

Great site Mike
How come you'd kept this quiet from us all this time !
I am something of an Akro fan for their pots and pumpkin orange tones.

Ivo I think this vase in the AkroBlog might have 10 sides
http://photos1.blogger.com/img/178/2591/640/Clipboard.jpg
but it's also unattributed
see the comments here http://akroite.blogspot.com/2005/04/this-photo-was-submitted-by-ron-jones_03.html#comments

#1 oval hollow smooth - no grinding involved >yes makes sense. I think I have a piece with a base like that but I'm fairly sure I dont know who made it so fat lot of help that is.
Sombre amber could be part of the Finnish aesthetic but no Finnish company comes easily to mind for it. I'm thinking now that the row of small ciggie indentations is a French design motif.

#2 The Muranese have severeal techniques (not sommerso) which play with color and light ( see Geodes on the Murano board) but are not Dichroic per se.
BUT I overlooked that this is pressed DUH Embarassed
so we have to be thinking Czech or.......... Romanian ? Rolling Eyes

#4 Jo, what do you know about D'Avesn ? Any refs ? Books ? Pics ? Websites ?

#6 Triangle Slag ...looking again the quality is not that fab. Mold line look prominent and do those bubbles stand proud of the surface ? I still like it tho ...even if it was made in Timbuktu ...now wouldn't that be something !!!

#9 Guaranteed to blow your mind ...anytime Cool

[Ivo]

# 1 I could be persuaded to believe French...
# 2 Murano is probable, Czech is optional, but Romanian is a definite no-no.
# 6 Quality is excellent, I assure you.

[Jo in Australia]

I don't know much about d'Avesn except that he designed for Daum between the wars. I'm probably totally wrong about number 4 - it's just that I have a vase by d'Avesn with a similar design:
http://www.geocities.com/hunebelle/assortedglass.html?1132440257553
The vase is quite heavy and well made although not very 'exciting' glass. The concave base is signed in very small letters around the edge.
There are usually a few d'Avesn pieces on ebay with similar designs.