Topic: Rolled top rims on glass vases and bowls - how difficult are they to create

[chopin-liszt]

Ok, m!

Folded rims require a great deal of highly advanced technical skill.

Rolls, I would imagine, may fall into a similar degree of proficiency needed as would a flat plate.

[Lustrousstone]

At least M and I knew what we were talking about, though possibly we were using US terminology.
This is an example, though perhaps not as smoothly curved as sometimes
http://lustrousstone.co.uk/cpg/displayimage.php?pid=468
http://lustrousstone.co.uk/cpg/displayimage.php?pid=469

[Ivo]

Okay good to see we have it above board - i was confused as the curved out-and-downward is not something I associate with the term "rolled".  It is also quite insular - we do not see anything like it on the continent.

[flying free]

That's an interesting observation Ivo.   I really have struggled to find any handblown pieces with this kind of rim anywhere but I have been searching predominantly French, German and Bohemian glass (mainly cos I'm trying to compare to that linked vase).  Loetz did a few with turned-out-and-over rims but apart from those, barely any at all.
m 

[flying free]

ok so I looked closer to home and I found Monart used this rolled rim on a number of pieces 
m

[KevinH]

Turn-over (or "turnover") Rims were used quite frequently on Irish glass from the Georgian periods (late 18th and early 19th century). Not only were the rims folded over, but they were often decorated with cut or impressed flutes etc.

Plain turn-over rims were also used on mid-19th century British decorative items.

I agree with Christine's original comment - skilled work but not necessarily "difficult".

[flying free]

thanks