Topic: 3rd and last buy - bluey grey heavy vase - Polish?

[wolkenreb]

This was my third buy.  It wasn't till I got it home that I realised I had bought a similar one a few years ago for my sister from TKMaxx and the label stated that it was made in Poland.  Otherwise, I haven't a clue.  This vase is just over 10" tall, the base has a smooth flat circumference then shiny and concave in the middle.  It is a grey with a hint of blue.  Any thoughts would be appreciated.

[rosieposie]

I've seen Riihimaen glass vases very like this, but they were always signed......

[wolkenreb]

Here's a pic of the finish at the top of the vase.  Not flat but a kind of rounded lip - flattened when neatly tucked inside.  I'm really coming along in my glass terminology! (not)

[rosieposie]

Not Riihimaen then..... :huh:

[wolkenreb]

Rosie - do you mean definitely not Riihimaen because of the way the lip (need correct word here - rim?) is finished?  Could it have been Riihimaen even though not signed?  Does the finish of the base tell us anything?  So many questions . . .

[ahremck]

You might like to look at some Finnish Sites (Riihimaen is Finnish) :-

http://www.designlasi.com/en   Finnish Art Glass site
http://www.designed-in-finland.com/       Finnish Design site (Glass PLUS)
http://www.designed-in-finland.com/glass_toikkabirds.php   Toikka birds
http://www.20thcenturyglass.com/glass_encyclopedia/scandinavian_glass/riihimaki_glass/riihimakiglass_home.htm   Riihimaki Glass
http://www.flickr.com/groups/811498@N25/pool/   Riihimaki Glass

Ross

[rosieposie]

Not definately Nancy,  but I always thought that Riihimaki / Riihimaen glass had a ground lip.....however, looking at the Flicker link that Ross has just give,  I see two that are similar to yours.....did you look?

[wolkenreb]

Thanks for the interesting links Ross.  I had never heard of Riihimaen until Rosie mentioned it.  There were a couple of vases that are similar (ie the large expanse of clear glass at the bottom and the general shape - although not narrowing so much at the top).  So perhaps a possibility but I'm still open to suggestions.

But you're right Rosie, most of them have a ground lip.

[glassobsessed]

A few Riihimaen vases have heat finished rims, many are ground and polished though.

Is this vase round when you look from above, I just wondered if it was vaguely triangular?

Strombergshyttan could be another possibility but then so would nearly every Scandinavian maker of the last 50 or so years....

John

[wolkenreb]

Actually it's oval, quite a thin oval, if  you know what I mean.