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(Themed) glass displays - show me yours, I'll show you mine... part 4
chopin-liszt:
:o
What a superb tricorn bottle - best I've seen, ever!
The Onion vase is good too - they're very interesting. When the book was being writen, nobody had a clue how scarce they were - but they were considered to be very scarce. This was based on how many had been seen over the lifetimes of both Mark Hill and Ron Wheeler - but was before Mdina became as highly collectable as it is now.
The "price" listed in the seperate printed guide (which came with the first 100 or so copies) was therefore perhaps slightly OTT at £1500. ;D (albeit signed by MH)
And Onion bottles started coming out of the woodwork like nobody's business! (well, maybe 30 or so ::))
It was found too, that they had been made for a short while after MH left, probably by Joseph Said - I would suspet yours is his work - his tend to have the more bulgy bottom part; MH's ones tend to have a much smoother curve from base to rim; and his stripes are more regular.
The thing I find very interesting is that, since the initial rush they have dried up almost completely.
Perhpas the initial "very scarce" diagnosis was more correct than later assumed. :)
goyjus:
Thanks Sue. I was really pleased with Tricorn bottle. It's quite a recent purchase. Can post some more pics if you're interested. The onion vase is a signed Michael Harris piece. Had to push the boat out a little further for that one but still well worth it I think...
goyjus:
Here's a few more of the Tricorn bottle...
chopin-liszt:
;D So much for my bulgy bottom theory!
Good to find out that I was wrong - I won't make that mistake again. 8)
I don't buy signed stuff - far too expensive - and a piece doesn't look any different for having something written on the base. The only signed bits I have, I got very early on.
I keep my Onion vase (un-signed, and un-bulgy-bottomed) on a Davisdon green cloud glass plinth. It really does look extra good, slightly elevated by a nice plinth.
goyjus:
Plinth is a good idea, Sue. I think I have one somewhere. Completely agree with you that it's only worth getting signed pieces if you don't have to pay a premium for them. After all, the beauty is in the piece not the signature...
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