Topic: Textured Rectangular Art Glass Vase ID Help Needed

[blake77]

Hello,
             I'm trying to figure out the maker of an textured rectangular amber Art Glass vase I found recently. When I bought it I thought it was probably Scandinavian but I haven't been able to find it in any of my glass books or on-line. The vase measures 6" tall and 2" by 2" wide.
    Any ideas as to the maker, country of origin, etc. would really be helpful.
 
 I have found near matches by both Davidson and Ingrid Glass but their versions of the vase are at least 2" taller the the 6" height of this vase. Whitefriars made a very similar vase in 1969; Baxter shape 9683. I haven't been able to find an image in amber but the colors I have found seem to be clear at the base line and on the lower edges while my vase has much darker amber color at the base line and on the lower edges. Here's a link to a site with a black & white photo of the Whitefriars vase:
http://www.whitefriars.com/catalogues/contents.php?pageNum_catalogue=1&totalRows_catalogue=222&id=304

Any ideas as to the maker, country of origin, etc. of this vase would really be helpful.
 
Thanks for your help,

Blake

[scavo]

Have you looked through Wayne's 20th century glass encyclopedia?
http://www.20thcenturyglass.com/glass_encyclopedia_home.htm

[blake77]

Dear Scavo,
                  Thank you very much for sending me the link to Wayne's glass encylopedia website. I had seen the Scandinavian page of the the site but not the entire site. I spent a couple hours going over it tonight and I found a vase by the British maker Davidson and one by the German company Ingrid Glass that look very close but all the actual examples I could find on-line measured at least 2" taller than the 6" height of my vase.
   Whitefriars made a 6" vase with the correct shape & texture in 1969; Baxter's model 9683.
http://www.whitefriars.com/catalogues/contents.php?pageNum_catalogue=1&totalRows_catalogue=222&id=304
    I couldn't find one in amber but the Whitefriars vase's base and lower outer edges of the body appear clear against the color of the vase and on my vase the base and outer edges along the same lines are a much darker shade of amber. In other words it matches but in the opposite way.
   My vase weighs 12 ounces so it is fairly heavy for its size. Please let me know what you think.

Sincerely, Blake

[glassobsessed]

Blake, your vase was not made by Whitefriars, the design you linked to has two textured sides and two smooth sides. You can just about see this in this example that is for sale on ebay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Whitefriars-Kingfisher-Blue-Nailhead-Glass-Vase-pat-9683-/400241551570?pt=UK_Art_Glass&hash=item5d304168d2

Sorry, can not help further with who actually did make your vase.

John

[vidrioguapo]

The Whitefriars vase to which you refer is known as the Nailhead, and it is made with two textured sides and two plain sides.  NEVER with four textured sides.  People are always getting this wrong, so you are not the first to draw comparisons.

[KevinH]

Mod: Duplicate topic in Scandinavian Glass forum merged with this topic in Glass.

[langhaugh]

It looks very like a "Morava" vase designed by Urban for Rosice, Sklo Union.  I haven't seen that colour but look at the piece below and see what you think.

David

[glassobsessed]

Different manufacturing process? The Sklo Union vase is pressed the amber vase looks mould blown.

John

[langhaugh]

Right, John. I didn't look at the base of the first one. Sorry.

David

[blake77]

After Comparing the vase to my other Whitefriars vases I was sure it wasn't Whitefriars but the catalog page vase was the closest I had found in size and style. When I first started trying to ID the vase I saw some similar vases by Sklo Union but as John noted the base is different.
   The pontil on the base is round, a little off center and stands about 1-2mm proud. Also the interior of the vase is not smooth but has a minor texture about 1/4th as pronounced as the exterior texture.
   I'm going to do some more research on Sklo Union and their "Morava" vase. Any other ideas would truly be appreciated.

Thank you for the continuing help.

Yours, Blake