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Date for Isle-of-Wight vase, please?
David E:
I'd be grateful if someone could advise on a date for this large Isle-of-Wight vase.
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Two other shots:
Rim & Detail
Base & Pontil stamp
A superb design where the included bubbles merge with and divert the purple and blue trails. The vase is 10" (25cm) tall and 4-3/8" (11cm) diameter. Note the partial paper label in the final photo.
The information I have dates this prior to 1980, but I would be grateful for confirmation.[/url]
chopin-liszt:
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This pattern is called "pink and purple swirl" ( :shock::shock::shock:)
The flame pontil means it was pre-1982.
I believe this pattern came out after "Seaward", and around about the same time as "Aurene", probably sometime in the mid seventies.
David E:
Great, thanks Sue! Just replied to your e-mail as well!
I'm helping out this guy who's got an incredible amount of glass (thought my collecting habit was bad!) and I'm just helping out with identification.
chopin-liszt:
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I just got your email, David, it looks as if you and I both thought the same! There's an attenuated bottle, listed in Miller's guide '05, p314, with a broken pontil mark, dated at '73-'74. I shall have to track down the date for the start of the flame pontil mark.
Early stuff had broken pontil marks. They started experimenting with putting a blob of glass over the pontil, the first appropriate thing that came to hand to mark the blob was a coach-bolt with a round head, so there are some early "coach-bolt" pontil marks. I have a couple of these, on "Seaward" pieces. The flame pontil would suggest your date of '75 was pretty accurate, David - I was being more cautious!
Bernard C:
Sue & David — this is very useful information, new to me. I have a mystery piece that looks right, but could not be IoW because it has a simple broken-off pontil. It needs reappraising.
Thanks, Bernard C. 8)
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