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Offline I love all Glass

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Help with ID on ashtray
« on: February 11, 2011, 12:58:54 AM »
Hello everyone, I am a new member please be kind. I have this very nice Sommerso ashtray, the gold is lovely. It measures 15cm across and 6cm tall and a heavy .823kg in weight. Any clue to a maker?  It is a real stunner to look at, all ideas gratefully received.    Thanks     Simon
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Re: Help with ID on ashtray
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2011, 02:15:41 AM »
Hi and Welcome  :rah:

Lovely ashtray -- I am leaning (guessing) towards Czech Glass ?? -- but sometimes I lean too far over, and fall right off the Map.....

So I am sure others like be able to give you a better, positive ID.

Again Welcome, you will Enjoy it here!!  :hi:
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Re: Help with ID on ashtray
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2011, 05:11:16 AM »
Hi welcome , i hope its from a smoke free home ...! :ha: :hi:
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Re: Help with ID on ashtray
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2011, 06:58:40 AM »
A nicely made ashtray. I don't think it's Czech, at least not Skrdlovice, Chribska or Harrachov, as the rim is wrong. The rim also rules out Afors, from Sweden, which made a similar type of ashtray. I don't think it's sommerso, strictly speaking. There are many glassworks who have made something like this. However, the flat rim combined with the hot-worked  lumpy bottom make it quite distinctive so I think you'll be able to id it at some point.

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Re: Help with ID on ashtray
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2011, 07:14:53 AM »
It's nice... style points towards 50s to 70s. Can't pin it to a country, I'm afraid. If not Czech, it could be German, but with the flowing lines it might also hail from for instance Belgium. I hope others can help you further along.

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Re: Help with ID on ashtray
« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2011, 07:26:28 AM »
Hello Simon,

The ashtray is not Czech (in my humble opinion)...  it's also not hotworked.  I've got the same item, and the lines and shape are perfectly symmetrical -- my impression is that it's pressed.

Maybe someone will recognise it.  Here is my ashtray...
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Re: Help with ID on ashtray
« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2011, 07:37:53 AM »
Moulded certainly, perhaps not pressed, as that's not so easy with two colours. And definitely not sommerso; just two colours.
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Re: Help with ID on ashtray
« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2011, 07:39:35 AM »
Anik:

Fascinating. You've got me peering and and pondering. The different angles create very different impressions.  Moulded or pressed would explain the rim. Is the base of your one flat?

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Re: Help with ID on ashtray
« Reply #8 on: February 11, 2011, 07:50:48 AM »
Ah, thank you, Christine...  moulded.  :)

David, the base flows with the body, so not exactly flat.

Not to dampen Simon's enthusiasm for the piece, I wasn't as impressed with it... there is something about how the yellow and clear come together which I find strange, though please don't ask me to explain.   :-\
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Re: Help with ID on ashtray
« Reply #9 on: February 11, 2011, 10:05:49 AM »
May be Val St Lambert?
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