Topic: Cut Velvet Blue Vase - Anyone know the maker?

[SoManyCats]

Thanks for not taking the correction badly!
We were all newbies to this at some time, we all had to learn as we went along - and it never stops. It's what makes glass such an interesting subject.
You should really try to get to go and watch glassmaking in action if you possibly can.
The more you learn about different techniques and how difficult something is to make, the better you will be able to judge quality.

I should also say, this soft acid treated surface you describe as "velvet" is officially called satin. 

Thanks! While this vase would be considered satin, would the pattern itself not be called "cut velvet"? I came across the term while I was researching this and it seemed to apply to this raised diamond pattern used in this vase.

[chopin-liszt]

I've never heard of it. But I haven't seen a moulded piece with this kind of strapping on the surface before either.
I just know what "satin airtrap" looks like.
Can you tell us where you found the term? You'd be teaching me.

[SoManyCats]

I've never heard of it. But I haven't seen a moulded piece with this kind of strapping on the surface before either.
I just know what "satin airtrap" looks like.
Can you tell us where you found the term? You'd be teaching me.

Ah, I understand. So I using a Google Image search to find similar vases and someone described a similar one as "cut velvet", and when I looked up that term it seemed to come up mostly with raised diamond pattern vases that looked like this one, instead of the flatter version I'd been seeing.

And then catshome was kind enough to share this link(https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/munciepots/phoenix-glass-companys-celebrated-webb-glass-18831888) earlier today, and on slide 73 they show several vases in a similar style and it's apparently called Phoenix Glass Company's "'Cut Velvet' Line" so as far as I can tell it's an appropriate term. I just really love this raised style so anything that makes it easier to search for in the future makes me happy!

[chopin-liszt]

  Thanks.
My personal interest is in more modern glass. The Studio sort. I know virtually nothing about older American glass, and very little about older from elsewhere.
But I'll dive in on anything related to glass in case I find out anything more.