Topic: Is it possible to have a missing glass handle made for this vase ?

[aa]

Don't try this at home
 

[Baked_Beans]

I wasn't going to  ....I could make a mould of the vase but would there be any chance of it working as an idea ?

[johnphilip]

If it goes wrong you wont have a leg to stand on .

[Baked_Beans]

   The legs are fine   ...it's the handle I'm wanting to muster

Do I really have to resort to resin ? .......someone throw me a bone here 

[flying free]

My honest opinion?  Look for a new vase 
m

[oldglassman]

HI ,
             Not really quite sure why you made this comment ,  Do I really have to resort to resin ? , resin in various forms has for  many many years and is still  today used by museum conservators and restorers when it comes to glass, why ? the results are good , reverseable and cause no further damage or alterations to the original glass,and cheaper than other alternatives.

cheers,
              Peter.

[Baked_Beans]

Thanks m & Peter very much for your comments.

m, it's a very justifiable view point ....and I'm seriously considering it !

Peter, I wholeheartedly agree with you ! I really thank you  for your suggestion !

I entirely understand the fact that matching the colour of the glass is a real problem and that resin is the only cheaper solution .

The only last point I wish to make is that it might be possible to make a high silicon-content/plaster  section of the vase and then use that to attach and form a  glass handle (as I suggested above) . I think a lost wax method would produce a matt finish which would be too difficult to polish.  It's an idea that I thought could possibly work , I might well go down that line of thought and see if it works on any colour of glass (blue perhaps  ) . But it will just be an experiment in that colour. If it works it will be interesting 

Failing this, I hope I will be able to follow your sound advice ,Peter , and have a resin handle made  ...I  promise to post photos if so !!

Thanks for all your comments and suggestions, I really do appreciate it,  and I promise ....I haven't lost the plot !!

Cheers, Mike.
 

[flying free]

Mike, I actually think your vase is unusual with the applied green feet and trailing.  It's very pretty, I really like it - I often see them with brown or blue but haven't spotted many with the green.
I would also say take a look around the Museo del Vetro and look at the Salviati pieces they have there - it's an online resource - the Salviati pieces aren't much earlier than your vase and many of them are in bits...literally but they are just as beautiful, simply stunning regardless of all the frilly bits missing and chipped rims etc.  and the museum thinks them deemed worthy of stunning photographs and an online resource!  missing bits and all.
m

[Baked_Beans]

Thanks m

What a great website it is  ! I just typed in Salviati and pressed search here.......

http://www.archiviodellacomunicazione.it/Sicap/opac.aspx?WEB=MuseiVE&LNG=ENG

I like the way they photograph glasses, without a foot, upsidedown  and then they turn the photo through 180 degrees ! It does make me feel better about accepting damage though....it's good therapy    

I did buy the vase to try and restore it though, thinking it might be a fairly easy task,...how wrong can I be...it's a real challenge  ! 

Ta very much, Mike.