Topic: is this Borske Sklo 'Knobbles' vase please.

[Anik R]

Does anyone still want to see more pics. of either vase??

Out of curiousity, could you post a picture of both vases side by side? And a picture taken from the top looking straight down?  Thank you 

[Lustrousstone]

My little dig was at Dinklepip. Sklo is fine when used as part of a name but meaningless otherwise.


Mark does say other glass factories in other countries later produced similar ranges. If these ranges were produced for a long while it is possible that the machines and moulds used changed. The only way to perhaps tell if the cross and star versions were made in the same place is to count the top row of knobbles in two items if the same size.

[Paul S.]

I have taken more pictures as requested  -  not sure if they will help.    Unfortunately, since my two examples are of differing sizes, counting the top row of 'knobbles' of no help here.   In the last pic. you can see the marked difference in shape of knbble.    Anyone else have have two of the same size with both both base marks?

[Anik R]

Paul, thank you for the extra pictures.

The two vases, when side by side, do look a bit different.  The 'knobbly' bits begin much closer to the top on your large vase, and the knobbles, as you've stated, are different in shape/structure.  The inside of the vases are also dissimilar...  I really do wonder if they are both Borske Sklo?

Has anyone got a 100% confirmed Borske Sklo "knobbly" vase to compare?  Maybe Jindrich will pop in and set us straight.   

[Paul S.]

thanks Anik  -  but I wuld just say that in my own mind I do not have a problem with the blue vase  -  I do consider this to be a genuine Borske Sklo 'Knobbly' vase (the base cross mould mark I think clinches the fact).      It is the green example that has me perplexed, however.

[Anik R]

Looking at your large green vase again, the vase in this thread http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,30415.0.html has got a similar  'star' impression to its base.  (Jindrich says it is not Borske Sklo.)

[Nemmie]

Sadly my small ones are the same as the large one, so they are not Borske but I wish someone had mentioned what the label had said on the one listed on Ebay so I could put a name to them.

[Paul S.]

Anik - my thanks again, and have to say that although I was involved in the item you linked, I had forgotten completely However, having looked at the base of the linked vase - and now again at my green one, there are quite significant differences.   These are.......the clear vase has mould lines which thicken considerably as they go away from their centre - mine do not, they are quite fine and are uniform throughout their length.    My lines 'turn the corner' of the base, and come up the side of the vase, albeit for about a centimetre only - the clear lines do not.    I could be wrong, but the clear base lines appear to be sunken - the green ones are certainly in relief.   The bottom line of the clear 'knobbs' is very near the base, whereas mine are at least 2.5 cms. up.
Of course, the green vase may well still be from the same stable as the clear piece.    However, I will keep an open mind just for the moment.

[mrs vulture]

Hi, my amber knobbly (12cm) has the patterned base and has the original label, it reads 'Bohemia Glass' and 'made in Czechoslovakia'. I have tried to show the label, its in Ivos glass fact file a-z page 23.  My other knobbly is amber with a lid and slightly larger at 23 cm to top of lid. It has the same patterned base.   Cheryl

[vidrioguapo]

Okey dokey..........two of the same size




Both 6.75 tall. Different bases. And the only other difference I can see is that on the green one, the rim slightly stands upright and the brown one completes the ball shape without deviation.  Any answers to this?