Topic: Czech Lamp base I bought yesterday

[shugdens]

Just to say that the label that has been added by Shugdens is the same as one that I recorded (through drawing) from a similar lamp base with mica inclusions many years ago. I have the drawing somewhere on file. Sadly, I was unable to photograph it at the time, and it was sold before I could access the camera. So, unless this is one and the same, there are at least two of these lamp bases bearing the same label that have been recorded

Nigel

Where did you see the last one?

[nigel benson]

Shugdens,

I owned it, back in the early 1990's and sold it then. Can't remember where I bought it, but in the UK. I am stretching the little grey cells, and seem to remember that it was the same shape lamp base, but a different colourway.

Nigel

[shugdens]

Shugdens,

I owned it, back in the early 1990's and sold it then. Can't remember where I bought it, but in the UK. I am stretching the little grey cells, and seem to remember that it was the same shape lamp base, but a different colourway.

Nigel

I'm reluctant to say where I by things, it could well be the same one. Items have a habit of circulating.

[nigel benson]

the same shape lamp base, but a different colourway

The point being, I believe that makes two

My memory suggests that it was a far scarcer colour with red being part of the design.

Nigel

PS. Given that it would have been about 18 years ago, I wouldn't have a problem divulging where I bought it, if only I could remember - too much water (stock) passed under the bridge since then I may well have sold it at Portobello, when I was based there. N.

[shugdens]

The point being I believe that makes two

My memory suggests that it was a far scarcer colour with red being part of the design.

Nigel

PS. Given that it would have been about 18 years ago, I wouldn't have a problem divulging where I bought it, if only I could remember - too much water (stock) passed under the bridge since then I may well have sold it at Portobello, when I was based there. N.

Portobelo prices, I wish what.... Its certainly not £20 at Failsworth mill & strugling to pay the rent... Then again London rents get London prices.
I'm realy strugling athis month & buying prety vases on a blind whim dont help 

[Frank]

How wonderful to finally lay this one to rest. I am fairly certain the inclusions are mica.

Maker may still elude but at least getting the country is good!

[chopin-liszt]

They are mica, Frank. It's definitely from that unknown stable. (I've studied the one for sale near me, and I even put a thread in British and Irish glass about this one with label.  :thup: ) It is good to get the country of origin sorted, isn't it? :rah:

[shugdens]

Its getting put away this piece, I'm going to get it wired up & give it a good clean. Its a realy beautiful piece.
Now with the other bits of the lot mostly sold it stands me at just a few pounds so I can aford to keep it a while. I am still deciding which lamp bases to sell & which to keep  :ho: :ho:

This mika thing has me at a loss, whats the diffrence between foil & mika then glitter & aventurine?

[obscurities]

Foil that is used is just that, thin metal sheets of silver, (most common) although gold foil is used on occasion.

Mica is a naturally occurring mineral of the sheet silicate family, known for it's ability to split very into very thin sheets, This property is referred to basal cleavage.

Aventurine is technically the result of a process involving the creation of copper crystals within glass, which are then used in pieces in other glass. This term is also been commonly applied to the use of metal particulates in glass, most commonly Italian glass. It is a term that through misapplication has taken on a broader common meaning when referring to glass in a non technical terms.  The use of gold powder or silver foil within some glass is referred to by many as "Aventurine", although "technically" the use of that term would not be correct to describe those decors, but it has become for many, a commonly accepted term.

Glitter, is what you glue to a greeting card, jewelry, clothing, and many other things to make it sparkle.... Usually purchased at a hobby or craft store, it is generally made of a plastic material, and if you were to introduce it to molten glass would burn almost instantly contaminating the gather.

Pictures below are in the order of descriptions, except I do not have any glitter.... 

[shugdens]

I first came across adventurine in a huge Strathearn piece I picked up but since than have used the term as you have said incorectly.