Topic: Vintage or new?

[berkshiregarage]

I was wondering if anyone could tell me if these are vintage?
Any information would be appreciated.
Thanks
jonathon

[Ben.unwin]

Can't really see the colours or any other specifics in the photo but it looks similar to pieces by Mstisov

[Paul S.]

hello Jonathon - welcome to the GMB

do understand what your question is asking, but perhaps the wording is a little inappropriate in relation to glass.                   The word vintage is really meaningless unless accompanied by a specific year  -  it's an expression borrowed from the world of wine - and can apply to any year, whether recent or ancient.
I appreciate that it's fashionable to describe items as being vintage or retro, and these words may have a more precise meaning in other areas of collecting, although since it's a tad on the subjective side, then it's open to some variation in definition and is thus potentially confusing.               But the expression vintage has certainly gained a big following in some areas of collectibles and is obviously here to stay whether we like it or not............ so perhaps a rather broad time scale of 25 -50 years might be termed vintage.
What do other people think of this suggestion?

Sorry, can't help with an attribution for your piece of glass - I'd suggest it's quite modern in appearance and is therefore not vintage.      Since you say 'these' - do we assume you have more than one??
 

[Ivo]

Hi Jonathon, welcome to the Glass Message Board. We really appreciate your visit.

http://www.20thcenturyglass.com/glass_encyclopedia/bohemian_glass/mstisovglass_home.htm

See if you can spot any similarities.

And as for vintage, I always use the rule, more than 80 years is antique, less than 20 years is recent and anything else is undefined.

[orangeglass]

25 years or more is classed as vintage, antiques must be 100 years old at least 

now as for retro...................................   

[KevinH]

I don't want to turn Jonathon's thread into yet another lengthy discussion on "vintage", but ... sorry I can't help it ... for me it's a bit like the misuse of apostrophes. Every so often I just have to say something. 

There have been comments in various threads on this board. I added some thoughts of my own in a Paperweight thread. Partly I was being serious about the misuse and misunderstanding of "vintage" and partly I was being "tongue in cheek" (or worse) about modern Chinese paperweights.

See http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,31645.msg171267.html#msg171267