Topic: Iridescent vase

[chopin-liszt]

Sorry my bigger pics are not very good - my camera only likes very close close-ups.

Bottom of one piece, which, although clear, has a swirly green bit in it;
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/chopin-liszt/oldglass/querygreenbit.jpg

Close up of the big bubbles with the charcoal? bits which give rise to them and the Nazeing-like bubbles in the the coloured yellow splogdes;
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/chopin-liszt/oldglass/queryyellowcolourbits.jpg

the three pieces together;
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/chopin-liszt/oldglass/threequery.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/chopin-liszt/oldglass/threequery1.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/chopin-liszt/oldglass/threequery2.jpg

[langhaugh]

Just thought I'd throw another piece into the mix. It looks somewhat like the vase on the left of Sue's picture of three pieces. I bought my piece without seeing a photo of the base (I know, I know but it was $12.00). I think the piece looks fine until you get near the bottom, and then the base is very roughly finished (not unusual in some American studio glass btw) and has little wear. I thought Chinese originally, but then switched to Eastern European. I think Paul's suggestion Romania is worth following up.

BTW I don't SVdA for any of them is a likely possibility.

David

[chopin-liszt]

I really don't think Italy is where to be looking either and it looks as if quite a few of us have these - so I would very much doubt the "rare" word applies.

Yours seems to have fewer big (charcoal-based???) bubbles, but does seem to have the more densely coloured bits of enamel around the tiny bubbles - the ones I think of as being Nazeing-like, (though they're seen in Grey-Stan and I recently discovered can also be S&W, though these pieces are not those makers) David.

It also seems as if a few of us thought they were quite interesting.

[paulbowen]

They are definitely not "rare."  I know a woman in Texas who has at least 30 examples.  Another "cellophane glass" type mystery.  I believe they come from Romania.

[Ivo]

and I believe these may come from Sicily - like this one.

[chopin-liszt]

Just when I thought we'd got Romania pinned down...... :thud: