Topic: Large handpainted straight low sided v.large glass bowl signed Cleris

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I have amongst my collection (of quite good and not so good  ) glass, some very curious things I've bought along the way.
This is one of them.  It is a large, low straight sided, clear glass bowl completely hand painted on the reverse side and base,and coated on the base to avoid wear to the decoration.  I'm interested in any thoughts on it, country of origin, age, decorator, maker of glass bowl, anything really as I have been unable to find any information on it.
Measures 29.8cm in diameter and 5.5cm high.
All thoughts much appreciated.  I don't think it was made yesterday btw, it seems old, there is crackling on the side decoration and it has a ring of base wear on the coated base, but I'm not at all concerned about it if it was. It's very gorgeous whatever.
I'll post some more pics in a reply
thanks  :sun:
m

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[Lustrousstone]

Glass painting was a very fashionable pastime for "ladies" throughout the 19th century (a certain book I'm editing mentions lessons for this in 1816 and the Scotland's Glass book talks about Helen Walton giving lessons in Glasgow towards the end of the century). I suggest that that is what this is. The varnish would help to protect the unfired colours.

[Paul S.]

nice bowl m.          I've trawled around re the name, but it produces nothing that helps.     Can't help but think that the artist's style of painting should be helping us  -  but that hasn't got me anywhere either.           Don't know whether we're looking at something art nouveau, with stylized blue birds, or a completely abstract picture.     So, sorry, can't help.

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  Thanks Christine  :hiclp: I'm shocked.  I thought it was old but ...
Paul it's poinsettias (and they should have given me a clue that it might be British) I think, and chrysanthemums.
Gosh, I've a whole new thing to look into - that's very exciting.
m

[chopin-liszt]

Very interesting thing, M.

But I have to confess, the design looks more like disembodied eyeballs than anything flowery - which in my book, is a big plus! :smg:

[Paul S.]

Little known fact No. 821..................In the United States, December 12 is National Poinsettia Day.          But jokes aside, and not that I would ever have known without looking at Wiki............the poinsettia is apparently native to Mexico - also very big, obviously, in the States.       So forgive my slight doubt about your connection m with Britishness  -  although I appreciate that is has been a not uncommon house plant here - at Christmas -  for many years.    But might it not be equally popular in other European countries?
As for a stylized Chrysanthemum - guess it could be

[chopin-liszt]

Is there any remote possibility it might be signed Claris, as in Cliff?
My first thoughts on the style were that it was claris cliffy.....

maybe I just need to go and have a wee rest, I might be functioning better tomorrow.  :ooh:

[Paul S.]

if you mean Clarice Cliff  -  then the answer is that I'm not aware that she ever decorated anything other than ceramics.       However, since I once thought that Kay Nielsen was a woman  -  then who knows    

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And some folk think Benny Motzfeldt is a bloke.

I wasn't thinking even along production lines Paul! 
She might have done something like this at home with glass paints, for presents or just for her own interest, trying designs out?

So might a whole load of other ladies named Claris or Cleris, I suppose.  :pb: