Topic: please help to identify

[Ivo]

my entire German vocabulary (translated into english) consists of;
"1,2,3,4,5,11, snowflakes, puddles." 

so how do you say "puddles" in German?

[style-invasion]

do you mean the very little lakes?.... after a rain?
we call'em pfuetzen (actually pfützen)
the pronouncation is more near to pfitzen than to pfutzen
I thought every english speaker knows:
 " zack zack
and kindergarten, rucksack...

or do you mean pudel? the huge amount of hairs with a little bit dog inside?

[chopin-liszt]

My German friend Uwe told me it is "Wasserlaken" - I didn't think he was having me on.... snowflakes is "Schnaeflocken", isn't it?
It all sounded very reasonable to me at the time.

About your vase! I don't think it's Mdina, although they did do bluey/greeny trailing similar to this over red glass, the red glass itself is cloudy-streaky in clear, while your vase seems to be a solid, clear red.
It is also not a Mdina shape - but never say never - strange shapes do turn up occassionally. Mdina exported heavily to Germany right from the early days, although red with blue-green trailing is from the late '70s onward. Some folk describe the red as orange and the blue as green.

[claretjugcollector]

in austria we say - Wasser-LACKE !

[style-invasion]

dear chopin-liszt
snowflakes = schneeflocken pronounced schnaeflocken...
I think uwe said wasserlache which is a little oldfashioned, not used that often, but means puddle as well...
(actually it means puddle of water...seems a little tautologic to me)
and yes my dear it's solid clear ruby-red and a light green (more mouthwash-green than bottle-green)
it's not uranium glass even it looks and I thought/hoped at first time...
anyway you're allways welcome and if you ever want to buy something at ebay in german language this might be useful words:
knabser = nibbled
flohbiss/flohbisse/ flohbiß = fleabite(s)
kratzer = scratches
abplatzer = chip
sprung = crack
abplatzer = normally a bigger flake/chip
ablagerungen im inneren = calcareous or metaloxid inside (might not be removable)

[style-invasion]

dear claretjugcollector,
uiuiui
thats new to me....

[chopin-liszt]

 :pb:
We didn't have pen and paper handy for getting the spelling correct on our romantic, moonlit evening walk, in the mountains of Austria, way back in the early '70s!
I have never had any trouble buying things from Germany from ebay - I can normally make myself understood using babelfish to translate - I just make my "english" very clear to start off with. (It helps that I'm Scottish.)  And when I visit, especially if glass is there to inspire communication, I seem to manage very well with charades if I don't know the right words.... :usd:

[Ivo]

 :vkg: Pass auf, es liegt eine Wasserlache / ein Pfützen/ Wasser-lacke auf der Arbeitsplatte  :sm: watch out there is a puddle on the side board... :wsh:

[claretjugcollector]

dear claretjugcollector,
uiuiui
thats new to me....

ui ui ui - like oje oje oje  :fr:

[style-invasion]

by the way whats this?