Topic: Quiz: A trial piece / blank - Which technique and who did it?

[dirk.]

Hello!
An IMHO rather spectacular addition to my collection is this unfinished trial piece,
exploring an old technique...
No further clues but these pictures and the dimensions:
ca. 10.5cm tall and 10cm wide
If you guess the right technique of this piece, you´ll possibly come across the designer
who made it and wrote an article.
    

[keith]

Is this 'Krautstrunk' style from the 15th-16th century,not a clue on the new piece though :huh:

[dirk.]

Thanks for your suggestion, Keith. 
A Krautstrunk has indeed similar prunts (I think they were meant to prevent letting your
glass slip from your greasy hands while eating).
These prunts however are not just prunts...  The pontil scar gives an important clue
about the general appearance of the vessel; the pictures also show how the prunts are
applied....

[rosieposie]

Are they 'Pointed Drop Prunts' Dirk??

[Frank]

Nipple prunts, Nuppenbecher? But cant work out what went wrong on the base, guess it was meant to be a wine glass bowl...

[dirk.]

Look inside the pontil scar.
How do the prunts look from the outside, how are they attached (look at the inside of the cup).
There´s a thread about this technique on GMB by Frank (2005).
 

[Frank]

I am getting gold, I didn't LOOK at the inside pics.  :pb:

[dirk.]

Possibly too hard to spot from the pictures:
The vessel is hollow, forming a cup within a cup...
Reallly can´t give any further clues.
 :hi:

[Frank]

Do you know if any were actually finished? It would be nice to see the different stages... odd seeing the real thing instead of drawings. As that would surely stir the 2 camp debate, or has it done already since 2005. Must go and refresh my memory and see what new info there is about these today.

[chopin-liszt]

Ok, I can see a cup within a cup - but the prunty bits penetrate the space between the cups - they're actually on and between both cups.

Last time I saw anything remotely like this was a stunning Czech piece that was owned by Terry - (glasswizard, very sadly no longer with us) and I can't track it down right now.......