Author Topic: Another Victorian Vaseline Triffid! (Read 3657 times)

Leni · « **on:** February 27, 2006, 01:09:21 PM »

Just had to show off my latest 'Triffid'! :lol: http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=oqaiyw I found this little treasure at Dagfields while visiting Crew to see my other new little treasure :wink: http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=oqaovo

It's one of the finest I've seen. (I'm talking about the triffid now, by the way, not my new granddaughter - although she's one of the best, too! :wink: ) It measures 5 and a half inches high and 4 inches across. Of course it has a tiny chip off one 'toe' :roll: but it's perfect in every other respect. It looks as if it's been in a cabinet most of its life! It's certainly never had water in it! There's not a trace of scale or water damage :shock:

and every tiny 'thorn' is there, and none are sharp! Yippee! I'm thrilled with it!

There was a lot of glass there, but I showed admirable control :roll: (unlike husband, who has now earned himself the nick-name 'Abenazer' because of his habit of collecting old, broken oil-lamps :twisted: )

I agonised about leaving some which I thought might be Whitefriars, but I'm not knowledgeable enough to risk it!

I have learned a lot on this board, but since I don't collect (or even actually like much :oops: ) Whiltefriars, several 'bargains' at Â£5 or so had to be left on the shelves! :shock: :roll:

No, I think I'll just stick to my 'Triffid's and 'Audrey's :lol:

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pamela · « **Reply #1 on:** February 27, 2006, 09:57:12 PM »

Leni, Rebecca Suzanne is so gorgeous!

Regarding your lovely 'triffid' (amazing really

)I do like to post the question, whether the water would run through at the base of the three vases into each other and would always have the same level?

Sorry - very bad English I presume, sometimes it is really difficult for me to explain what I mean :evil: - hope you understand nevertheless :?
I understood that it is definitely nearly mint and that the water does not run off through the base...
:oops: :roll:

pamela · « **Reply #2 on:** February 27, 2006, 10:01:32 PM »

http://www.pressglas-pavillon.de/vasen/02545.html

this one has in fact a 'pipeline' - the water level will always be even

sent this just to explain what I questioned :oops:

Leni · « **Reply #3 on:** February 27, 2006, 11:42:37 PM »

I understand Pamela, and no, the three stems on my 'triffid' are all separate, so the water would not run through and find its level as in yours

This is the only multi-stem version I have, apart from my 'gate' version, which has two but they are widely separated - http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=oqvwv6

I love yours, but I try to discipline myself to buying only green :wink: :roll: (If I get there before Christine, that is! :twisted: :lol: )

KevinH · « **Reply #4 on:** February 28, 2006, 12:39:35 PM »

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... try to discipline myself to buying only green (If I get there before Christine, that is! )

And before me as well :!: :!: (At least, before I concentrated on paperweights.)

Here's one I bought for the example of:
- very yellow green (maybe Thomas Webb?)
- good opalescence in the "stems"
- central upright "wiggly" bit
http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=orkun8

And the base view is interesting, too. Looks a bit animal-like to me. It has a "raspberry prunt" over the pontil scar making it look like a "head", and a definite "tail" at the other end.
http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=orkv41

Pamela's comment on the "pipeline" effect of the dual-colour example is interesting. For these I had only seen examples where two "flower-holder" stems (or a holder + upright "arm") had been pinched together at points so that there was no hollow connection between them. The green-and-cranberry example below (with the "in-your-face" green colour) shows this effect:
http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=orkxtf

KevinH · « **Reply #5 on:** February 28, 2006, 02:20:38 PM »

The prunt (not easy to photograph and some views looked positively rude [nearly a Tinypic "offensive picture" category], so here's just a couple - both tweaked slightly for additional contrast):
http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=ormaaf
http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=ormc1j

I admit that it's not the best of raspberry shapes but it's more than just a blob.

As for other "triffid" things, not really, but I dug out these two small vases from a cupboard - they have "triffid"-style feet:
http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=ormcqt