Topic: Enameled Bird Vases (reactive) Bohemian?

[Ohio]

Picked these up today & am asking for an opinion although they are probably simply Bohemian. Enameling is raised & no decals here. Glass is actually fairly heavy, simply maked 2 on each one, 9 1/2" height & 4" diameter. Quality seems to be superior & they react quite strongly to a blacklight . Enameled florals go all the way around the diameter. Thanks, Ken

[Lustrousstone]

Lovely.  :mrgreen: Harrach would be a likely contender

[Ivo]

Generic Bohemian garniture decorated in cottage industry circa 1880-1915 is not usually associated with a specific maker. It used to be called "Bristol" ware because they were imported and distributed through Bristol.

[Lustrousstone]

These are superior quality and the colour and the shape look good for possibly Harrach. I'll look in Silber & Fleming later. I think Bristol is a word best not mentioned in this context.

[chopin-liszt]

I'm having a little ponder, is it possible these vases are green uranium glass, thinly cased in opalescent - like your cruet, Christine?

[Lustrousstone]

Stop pondering, you're supposed to be resting the brain cells.

No, its just standard Bohemian "custard" glass

[chopin-liszt]

*pout*..... can't help it.
You've got my interest in all things glass and uranium combined aroused. 
I'm resting my body too. It's very, very, mind-blowingly boring.

I think the enamelling on these vases is rather superior, and I got curious about the uranium/opalescent combination. My curiosity isn't under my conscious control, it just keeps dragging me places.

[Ohio]

Lovely.  :mrgreen: Harrach would be a likely contender

Thanks Christine. I was hoping Harrach might pop up as a possibility. The with all due respect to Ivo (and I do mean respect) I understand his leaning toward "Bristol" since a photo cannot adequately convey quality, however I unfortunately or fortunately (however you look at it) grew up in a house jammed full of "Bristol" vases (probably around 70-80) which is generally speaking not of the highest quality & I won't go near the stuff. This pair's enameling is all raised, thick & done with some artistic talent plus the weight is at least double of any "bristol" production of comparable size. The rims are not ground flat & its been my experience that most of the "Bristol" vases I've seen have the ground rims. DW saw them first & called me over, but at 20 feet & I did say "Bristol" to her so my initial gut response was the same as Ivo's. Only when she walked over to me as I was continuing down the aisle & said that she did not think I was right, that the quality appeared to be far superior did I return & ask that the case be opened so I could inspect them & of course I immediately told her I was wrong & she was right. I'll just say that if they were generic "Bristol" they were the best I'd ever seen or had in my hand, but again my first reaction was also "Bristol" at 20 feet. Glad I listened to her, They indeed may have come through the Bristol Port for importation to the U.S. its just that the glass term "Bristol" over here carries a different connotation than it  probably does in Europe. Ken  

[Lustrousstone]

The term Bristol glass is rarely used here. Glass was made near Bristol, in Nailsea for almost 100 years from the late 18th C, but it was the "feathered" stuff, crown glass, and tableware. The terms also Bristol blue and Bristol green relate to the passage of cobalt and whatever the green colorant is through the port, not the glass made there.