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culverwood:
Iridescent glass vase with bubbles throughout.  The base is quatrefoil form.  It is 14cm high.  There are no markings.

culverwood:
If anyone knows where it comes form I would be very pleased to know.

chopin-liszt:
So do I. Very much indeed.  :thup:

I have three different pieces like this and have never managed to find out what they are. A yellow one, and two clearish ones., all different shapes.
I had a 4th, in powder blue but gave it to somebody.
I've had them since ~ 2001.
I really don't think they're Chinese. :angel:

Mosquito:
I too would like to know - like Sue I've had a few of these, one a taller cylindrical vase in powder blue but with the same wispy cased powders & iridescence as well as a vaguely Monarty looking footed vase (shown below) in this green with bubbles. After searching high & low for a maker, I eventually gave up & passed them on...

culverwood:
I have been ferreting around since I posted the iridescent vase and have come up with this.

http://www.moltabellaglass.com/items/551157/en1store.html
"This is a rare Mario Pinzoni vase for Seguso Vetri d' Arte, circa mid 19364. The same series piece is pictured on page 141 of Rosa Mentasti's book Venetian Glass 1890-1990. I will try to add the reference picture at a later date for those who do not have the book. It has a unique bubble design with additional specks inside. The exterior is an iridescent finish. The piece does not have any damage, a few air bubbles exposed at the top, clearly done in the making. Unmarked. Measures 4 1/2 inches tall and 3 3/4 inches wide. Perhaps this is an earlier 1930's Barovier piece or Flavio Poli for Seguso. They all produced similar techniques."

A very similar example to the iridescent vase appears in '20th Century Glass' by Judith Miller, p.32. The example illustrated in the book is by Pinzoni, Seguso Vetri D'Arte.

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