Topic: Vase ID - Handblown

[David E]

I can remember my mother having long hatpins that must have been this length – but I was small then... :roll:

[tecnogrrl]

so, the concensus is that they are victorian in any case?  The lower parts actually remind me of those cheap vases you get from florists, so I'm wondering if someone was practicing their glass blowing.  

What do you think of this theory?

Tecnogrrl

[heartofglass]

I've seen these vases written about as being part of a regular line for Stuart,
& possibly aimed at the cheaper end of the market?
The one I have is short & squat. It would make more sense as a possible hatpin holder than the tall ones, despite all the revelations about gigantic hatpins! :shock:
However, I've always thought of it as a squat vase, like a rose bowl, with the looped crown as a built-in flower frog.

[tecnogrrl]

OH!!!!  I get it now!  Sorry Leni - this yank is a little slow some days.

Heartofglass - Do you have any information you can point me to on Stuart?

Thanks again!!!!!

Tecnogrrl

[heartofglass]

Hi tecnogrrl,
The Stuart references can be found in Mervyn Gulliver's "Victorian Decorative Glass-British Designs 1850-1914", published by Schiffer books 2002.
An expensive but indispensible reference book with hundreds of colour pics & drawings from original designs.One of my faves.
Here's a link to the publisher's site;
http://www.schifferbooks.com/

[Frank]

I have come across this topping in some French catalogues. One is Verrerie d'Art de Bendor 1970's-90's and another that I cannot recall, I had been hunting for this thread and it got highlit by another thread today.