Topic: Cut balls

[hugosanti]

regret I don't know of the Jupiter vase Hugo - and I've just looked through Pamela's VSL catalogue but haven't seen it.          Would agree that some of the 1930 - 40 period cased/cut material is fantastic, especially the linear deco style of cutting - also the straw coloured pieces are very beautiful.                You must show us your Jupiter vase some time.
This sort of VSL is a little beyond my budget, unfortunately, and I now stick to U.K. pieces only, so tell myself I wouldn't collect them anyway

Hi Paul, you coldnt find this vase at a VSL catalogue because it is a handmade piece, I think they only made it by a client order, you can see it at:

http://www.val-saint-lambert.com/#/products/index/detail/id/214/lang/en

It is completely beyond my budget also! but as I told you, I found it as an incredibly bargain ! (U$S 35) could you believe it? also the two cutted balls were incredibly cheap! (around U$S 70 each)

Here some photos:

[Paul S.]

you are very lucky indeed Hugo  -  what a bargain   -  I must come with you on your next collecting trip - it's a beauty.
You've made me very jealous - I'm considering putting  my wife 'on the streets' so that I might then afford some VSL glass

[hugosanti]

you are very lucky indeed Hugo  -  what a bargain   -  I must come with you on your next collecting trip - it's a beauty.
You've made me very jealous - I'm considering putting  my wife 'on the streets' so that I might then afford some VSL glass

  VERY FUNNY! everything is justified for a collector! 
Yes! I was lucky with those pieces!

The Jupiter vase has a curious story also: when I bought it I wrote VSL to confirm that it was a Jupiter vase as I suspected, I had some doubts because I found some differences in the cutting pattern with the one shown at VSL website and I noticed that mine has a monogram etched: "MFP" and they reply me:

 Monsieur, Il s’agit bien d’un vase Jupiter de chez nous.
Le dessin de la taille n’est pas coutume. J’imagine donc qu’il s’agit d’une pièce unique et non d’une pièce faite en série. Pour votre information: Le monogramme présent sur votre pièce est le monogramme du prince Philippe et de la princesse Mathilde.
C'est donc une pièce qu'ils ont du offrir.
Bien à vous,

Translation:
sir, It is indeed a vase Jupiter from us.The design of the cutting pattern is not custom. So I guess it is a unique piece and not a piece made in series. For your information: The monogram on your piece is the monogram of Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde.
This is a piece they commissioned as a gift.
Sincerely,

COULD YOU BELIEVE IT?
I live in Argentina, in fact I bought it in Buenos Aires, so I wonder how I find this piece HERE!

 

[Paul S.]

wow - what unbelievable luck Hugo.           In the U.K. we describe such things (an item that has belonged to the rich and famous, or perhaps infamous), as 'association pieces'  -  it will certainly increase the value several fold I should think.
Never ceases to amaze me the extent to which glass travels and seems to move around the globe.         Perhaps the person for whom the prince and princess had the vase made was going through a bad patch and was forced to pawn the vase