Topic: whitefriars glass ?

[stew2u2]

just bought this piece of glass is it whitefriars i have looked and cant find it anywhere i can find similar but not the same
its about3 inches high sterling silver base with hb in a shield

[johnphilip]

100% not Whitefriars far more interesting .

[stew2u2]

tease, lol please put me out of my misery

[Greg.]

Looking at the silver marks, more than likely going to be continental. Scandinavian is also a possibility.

[Pinkspoons]

Possibly an odd question, but did you buy it from Hemswell market?

[stew2u2]

Possibly an odd question, but did you buy it from Hemswell market?

No bought it at retford not to far away so might have somthing to do with it still no one going to tell me :huh:

[Pinkspoons]

Ah, this was probably mine then - I shifted it at Hemswell last weekend in my bi-annual attic clearout.

My own instinct was that it was, once, a taller vase that had been broken and then ground down because the rim cuts right through the textured pattern. I also felt that the silver base was a later addition, possibly also to mask further damage.

The design is very familiar, but I never bothered to spend time looking into it because of my concerns mentioned above.

[stew2u2]

Ah, this was probably mine then - I shifted it at Hemswell last weekend in my bi-annual attic clearout.

My own instinct was that it was, once, a taller vase that had been broken and then ground down because the rim cuts right through the textured pattern. I also felt that the silver base was a later addition, possibly also to mask further damage.

The design is very familiar, but I never bothered to spend time looking into it because of my concerns mentioned above.

it looks like some czechoslovakian hermanova glass

[flying free]

I don't know what it is, but the colour and the geometric patterning 'remind' me of Ruda Glasbruk pieces I have seen. However, I've not seen any in person that I can remember and I think they seem to be thicker glass somehow, and I can't see your pics that clearly to compare.  I wonder why someone would put a solid silver casing on a vase that was damaged?  It would have to have some special significance perhaps?  either a good piece that once was, or sentimental value maybe I guess.
m

[vidrioguapo]

My first thought was Ruda..........as you say the photos aren't great , the colour is ruda "ish" too! But the Silver base seems out of context somehow!