Topic: Orange Spatter Vase

[wolkenreb]

I've seen an item on ebay which has a similar type of glass effect and it is described as 'fused'.  Maybe that's the term I'm looking for.

[Lustrousstone]

I don't think there is a term for your glass' finish. It's not fused, which is when pieces of glass are laid out in a pattern, possibly on top of a large piece of glass and then melted together.

The effect on your vase is created by rolling a hot blob of (often clear) glass in coloured glass powder sprinkled on a metal table. The vase is then blown to shape after reheating and the powder melts and spreads into blobs.

Spatter is created in the same way using several colours but the term derives from paint spatter (or something similar) and is probably a modern way of describing an old technique.

[wolkenreb]

Thanks for that explanation Christine. Perhaps I should just go with Sue's 'mottled'.  Not that it matters really, I was just interested to see if anyone could tell anything about the vase itself.

[Lustrousstone]

I think we need better pictures for that; we can really see what the base is like or how the blue is applied to the bottom.

[wolkenreb]

Here are some pics of the base.  The last one is the base from the inside.  Hope they're OK although even saving them at max 700 pixels they were too big to attach, so had to reduce them further.

[wolkenreb]

Just to get back to this vase.  Having learned a tad more about glass in the past few weeks, I think I can say that this vase is made of cased glass, the outer layer being clear.  It is at its thickest just before the vase joins the base.  The base itself looks like a blob of blue glass has been flattened and then stuck on - is that a regular technique?

Does any of the above help with an ID?

Thanking you in advance . . . did I hear a grrrr!!?

[Ivo]

Yes that is one of the most widely used techniques usually referred to as powdered and clear cased.

[wolkenreb]

Thanks Ivo.  I've been googling around trying to find out more about 'powdered' glass.  In reference to this vase, does the 'powdered' refer to the darker flecks seen in the orange glass.  Hope I don't seem to thick!  Keen to learn though!