Topic: Family mystery

[Highlandmack]

Hi Folks
I wonder if anybody can solve our mystery.This vase has been in the family years and I am dying to know who made it and how old it is. Comparing it with other crystal it looks yellowish,it has a star cut pattern underneath.It's big and heavy size being 10'' tall the top is 8''dia and the base is just over 6''
thanks for looking Alan

[Lustrousstone]

I assume it's cut and not pressed. Is it lead crystal? Does it ring when you flick it with your fingernail? Can we have a base shot please. It wouldn't surprise me if it was Scottish bearing in mind the shape and where I assume you are.

Pictures are always better against a plain, untextured background; that way the detail doesn't get lost against the background. Dark is good for crystal.

[Highlandmack]

Hi Christine
thankyou for your response
not sure what happened but I have replied but it seems to have gone astray
I will have a look to see if I can find it
kind regards Alan

[Highlandmack]

Hi Christine
sorry can't find it,in the ether somewhere.
I will start again.
I do not think it is moulded there are no lines down the side. When flicked it has more of a dink than a ding it is quite thick like this author it is rather worn at the bottom and I think it has been used as a shot glass at some point of its life
I live in the highlands of Scotland
here are some more pictures (digital cameras are just great best xmas pressie my daughter bought me beats the old 35mm)
Kind regards Alan

[Lustrousstone]

Yes, that's cut. I'm still thinking Scottish but I know little about cut glass.

[chopin-liszt]

If it's yellow, it's glass rather than crystal, isn't it?

And it's reminding me a little bit of these mystery glasses I have - although mine have a polished pontil mark.
One is yellow-ish the other is sun-purpled.

http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php?topic=45864.new;topicseen#new

[Ivo]

Thistle vase would be Scottish but I think these are difficult to attribute.