Topic: Blue Vase Could be Bohemia?

[shineyobjects]

Now, I'm slowly building my knowledge thanks to you guys! Got some books on the way!

I picked this up at a small dealers which deals alot of bits and bobs for a small sum of £15. It has a Bohemian colour but I can't find any Bohemian designs like it and seems 19th-20th century, it seems to have a polished pontil at the base. I'm not sure what the effect is called around the glass I'm wondering if anyone could tell me

I feel bad hogging up the boards lately hehe.

[Lustrousstone]

Are you sure it has a polished pontil; just looks like a mould blown base to me. I would doubt that it was 19th century or Bohemian either, but I could be wrong.

[shineyobjects]

My mistake its a mold blown base I've just learnt something.

[chopin-liszt]

Now you can learn another something new.
A pontil rod (or punty) is the long hollow metal rod glass is blown on.

No bits of glass have "a pontil" on them. 

They have pontil marks or pontil scars, left behind by the pontil rod.

bug-bear of mine.

[shineyobjects]

I might forget that hehe

[chopin-liszt]

 

I suppose, to be completely accurate, only HOT bits of glass have pontils on them.

[claretjugcollector]

hmm . doesn`t look bohemian to me - not a " bohemian " colour either  :sm:
it reminds of some french stuff  :fr:

[shineyobjects]

I thought the light shade of blue was bohemian, i'm just going to hide and cry now.

[claretjugcollector]

do not cry and do not hide  :ooh: :cry:

[chopin-liszt]

If you do, I can't reach to wallop you when you deliberately provoke!