Topic: Something special or truly fugly?

[art-of-glass]

I was drawn to the ugliness of this vase so much, I had to buy it!

I really don't know what to make of it at all!
Snapped off pontil mark, a reasonable amount of wear around the base.
Don't know why, but something tells me that maybe it was made by a glassworks in Stourbridge area?

Measures 19.5cm tall and diameter of the main of the vase is approx 20cm.

Any help would be appreciated  :thup:

Cheers,
Dan

[Ivo]

Definitely something special involving the type of glassmaking savvy  mostly found in  Murano - but could also be from France or even from Stourbridge. I wonder if jt is a cuspidor?

[flying free]

I think it's beautiful.  It looks like multi coloured marble.
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[singingyamada]

No way fugly, beautiful.

[selina]

The base of that is really similar to my Kralik vases.... Im sure someone else more knowledgeable will be able to help you out though.

[chopin-liszt]

Fabby, not fugly - and I was thinking that the coloured splodges over the slightly iridescent pearly background was looking awully like some Kralik discussed recently too.

[art-of-glass]

haha, thanks everyone. My partner hates it...even more so that I paid £70 for it.

I should say, the "iridescent pearly" background is silver leaf ;-)

Hmm, I'll have to find that discussion about Kralik.

Dan

[chopin-liszt]

 :spls:
I'm afraid I disagree about silver leaf....

[Lustrousstone]

Looks like silver leaf inside the rim IMHO

[chopin-liszt]

 :pb: Guess who didn't enlarge those pics, you're perfectly correct Christine.

.... but I did enlarge the base pic, where it looks much more pearlescent.