Topic: MURANO vase maybe ID if poss !

[lmj]

could you take a look at my vase which has me totally in the dark,it has beautiful colours and a cream colour sandwiched between clear glass.8" high,no pontil mark,i am leaning towards Italy but have come up blank. lynn 

[Anne]

Chinese I think, Lynn... but someone else will be able to confirm or otherwise, I'm sure...

[Lustrousstone]

Definitely Chinese. Do a board search for snowflake

[Cathy B]

For the record, here are some pictures of a labelled water set in the pattern. Excuse the photo quality: I snapped these in a Tenterfield junk shop in 2007.

[lmj]

Oh My !!! they are lovely,i am supposed to be disposing of this collection but seem to be keeping more & more ! thanks for the reply,it doesn't seem that in this case the Chinese are not trying to emulate any other maker but seem to be developing a style of their own or am i wrong...but never the less i like them. thanks lynn

[ahremck]

For my own edification - how long have these Chinese items been around.  I remember in my early days of glass collecting c. 1975 this type of glass was often, incorrectly, called cloud glass - and it was usually attributed to Venice, Italy.  I do not remeber seeing any labelled chinese glass until the late 1980's and it was usually a single colour.

Ross

[Cathy B]

It has been around for quite a long time, I believe. My guess is 1970s, much the same as these . Once you get used to seeing the pattern, they leap out.

[Lustrousstone]

And in various background colours and shapes, always Murano