Topic: Coach bolt? Blue and yellow stripes

[chilternhills]

I am tending to agree with Sue on this one, despite all the non-standard things about the vase. But that is what experimenting is all about and I am sure a lot of unrecorded stuff was produced in 1973. We really need IOW Studio Glass to comment, but maybe only Elizabeth Harris can remember what happened that long ago. Timothy Harris would be a teenager in 1973 and it may be asking too much for him to comment.

Anton

[Nemmie]

Well that all sounds very positive, thank you for taking a look for me.

Not sure how I would contact the studio, I have been to their forum before and any threads about older pieces seem to be only answered by people who reside here as well.

[glassobsessed]

Another avenue may be to contact Ron Wheeler at Artius Glass, contact details here: http://www.artiusglass.co.uk/id2.html

Sometimes there is no substitute for actually handling an item when attempting to make an assessment, photos can fail to catch so many subtle clues. What I am really saying is bring it to the National on the 6th of May so we can prod and poke it.

John

[Nemmie]

Sadly I won't be at the National glass fair, a little too far for me to justify travelling to. Maybe sometime in the future if there is a fair nearer to my location.

Thank you for the contact details I may well try that but as you say hard to determine exactly without handling the item. I may take it to Detling later in the year as I know Ron Wheeler has a stall there (I had the pleasure of a chat with him earlier on in the year).

[chopin-liszt]

I'm happy enough that it's right without handling it. I really am.
That doesn't mean I wouldn't like to handle it.