Topic: bud vase 3 serrated vertical applied trails leading to a triangular flat base

[CultureVulture]

Approximately 8 inch tall the actual vase is round stem to bulb. The 3 applied serrated trails from rim to base end as a triangular base looks victorian..any ideas?

Thanks :X:

[Bernard C]

CV — Not serrated vertical applied trails but notched ribs formed in a dip mould.   If you look at the notches under a glass you will see the lovely faint striations made by the cutting wheel that add an extra sparkle to the piece.   The shape of this vase was quite variable, depending on where the glassblower reheated the ribbed tube and how much he blew out the thinner glass between the thick ribs.

Such notched ribs were a feature of a quite wide range made by Stevens & Williams, dating certainly to the first quarter of the 20th century, possibly slightly earlier and later.   This particular vase is best known with an unfinished rim as sold by S&W to silversmiths for the fitting of a silver rim, and not notched.   I've seen examples with hallmarks ranging from 1908 to 1912, so I think your vase is most likely to date from the same period.   Yours, notched, with what seems to be a nicely ground, chamfered and polished rim, would have been sold directly by S&W to its more usual customer base.

I hope that helps.

Bernard C.  

[Bernard C]

See topic here for the discussion on similar vases fitted with silver rims.

Bernard C.  

[Lustrousstone]

Your collages are very nice but it's actually better to have single pix, that way we can look at one aspect of an item and not be distracted by the others. It also ends up as one huge pic that requires a bit of scrolling. You can add four photos (up to 125kb EACH) post and keep replying to yourself until you have added everything you want. Hope this helps.

[CultureVulture]

Thankyou for your help Bernard very interesting. Ok Lustroustone ill do that in future.

[CultureVulture]

Bernard i was wondering if you may be able to shed light on this post. If you any ideas on it please reply to that topic thankyou the topic is http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,42834.msg238570.html#msg238570

[Bernard C]

CV — I'd already seen your orange vase query and would have contributed to the topic had I been able.   I've asked for this and the previous post to be deleted as irrelevant to this topic in 24 hours or so, once you've had an opportunity to see my reply.

Please avoid mixing topics — it caused extra and unnecessary work for our marvellous unpaid moderators.   In preference you could have emailed me with your request, but it would have been unnecessary as I don't miss much on the GMB.

Bernard C.