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Small Beaked Vase = Whitefriars
Max:
Nic? Is that an optical illusion, or is the glass at the base of the beaked vase on the left (the same one as you started the thread with) opaque and not clear/tinted??? :shock:
Pinkspoons:
Optical illusion. I thought it looked opaque in the photograph too! :lol:
Max:
Whoa! That's an amazing optical illusion then. I can't look at it anymore, it's doin' me 'ead in. :lol:
vidrioguapo:
Crikey, I had a shock when I saw the 'opaque" look. I agree yours looks a bit bottom heavy, but I have seen the W/F ones on occasions look VERY similar. However, Nic, it's your vase and you are handling it etc. so maybe your instincts are right. Dunno. Still looks very W/F to me. colour is good, height is good, pontil is good so.....? But we all know that there was a lot of Scandinavian influence during Baxters early days at Whiteriars and vice versa, but I've had a lot of Holmegaard light blue glass and generally it has seemed a bit brighter in tone than Whitefriars Arctic Blue. Very subtly so, but there is a difference. Maybe you'll have to put it aside for a while until you have a similar item to make comparisons. Emmi
Frank:
The variance in the thickness ia a bit more than you would expect for hand-blown variations, so it is certain to be a different hand and probably a different design. Glassblowers might look like that are moving wildly at times but they tend to produce incredibly consistent results. Look at it as a dance of creation.
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