Topic: Anyone have a clue on this Bohemian vaseline vase?

[mrvaselineglass]

I purchased this at our vaseline glass convention last weekend.  it stands about 5" tall.  The piece is mold-blown, 3-part mold.  The top rim (down to the neck) and the underside (from foot to mold line) have remnants of gilding.  The enamel is very heavy on this piece.  I cannot tell if there was a slight impression on the piece that was used as a guide to paint on the enamel.  The inside is perfectly smooth.  There is no pontil mark.  The glass is heavy, but no lead content (dull/no bell tone).  The enamel is raised very high in comparison to other pieces I have seen.  It glows nicely under a blacklight.  I don't know if this was done at the factory, or if it was jobbed out to the cottage industry to have the enamel added.  Any help would be appreciated.

http://www.vaselineglass.org/bohemian1.jpg

Mr. Vaseline Glass
(Dave Peterson)

[antiquerose123]

Moser

Just a wild, wild, wild, wild -- guess ??

[Ivo]

Bohemian? Why?

[johnphilip]

Looks a little Gordiola ish   :ooh:

[mrvaselineglass]

Hello all
I wrote to Siegmar Geiselberger and he shared this with me:

"The pattern is very near to a "Islamic" pattern which was popular in the late 19th century foremost in France and in Bohemia / Silesia. The pattern and the enamel of your vase is so crude that this little vase will not come from famous producers as Harrach, Josephinenhütte oder Hecker & and certainly not from France. It was probably produced in one of the numerous nameless glass huts in the Riesengebirge (Giant Mountains) between Bohemia & Silesia before 1900. The glow of Uraniumoxid was probably not intended but comes from a low quality of the metal mix. Probably the enamel was painted by one of the numerous house workers in this region & not in the glass hut itself."

The only contradiction that came to mind was that the color was intended, and that uranium oxide was used on purpose.  I took a UV photo of this piece and it has too much uranium in it for it to be accidental.  here is a blacklight picture:

http://www.vaselineglass.org/bohemianuv.jpg

Mr. Vaseline Glass

[Lustrousstone]

I think it's rather nice and I agree with your disagreement with Siegmar.

[mrvaselineglass]

I sent Siegmar a blacklight photo.  I think the color of the glass looks slightly off (from usual vaseline/uranium glass), because of the remnants of the thin gilding that has worn off.  It tints it a little to the 'green olive' side. 

Mr. Vaseline Glass