Topic: Bark Vase ID help please

[dinklepip]

Lots about in this design although I have never seen any with the design to the base.  Is this a manufacturer's mark or just decoration? Many thanks

[chopin-liszt]

It is a manufacturer's mark, it's English, there are a fair few bits of this around in these chunky textures, all with this mark... and I cannot for the life of me remember the name.

I want to say Tudor, but I don't know if that's because of the rose (ie. Tudor rose).
Tudor is mostly known for cut crystal, but these pieces are decidedly not crystal - they have a greeny-yewllow tinge to the colour - not the best colour for glass.
I think they date to the '70s-'80s.

[dinklepip]

mmmmmmm will have a look around now that the country has been narrowed down  , now you come to mention it Tudor rings a bell because of the rose.  Mine is crystal clear with no tinges

[dinklepip]

looks very similar to the Jaffe Rose mark

[chopin-liszt]

That's unusual - and interesting too, that yours is crystal clear.

I did recognise the actual texture and shape of the vase from your pic. - I expected to see the rose on the base.

Ihave a sneaking suspicion the id might be in one of Andy MacConnell's books.... I will trawl a bit...

[chopin-liszt]

Got it.

Bagley.

Andy's "Miller's 20th Century glass", p101, bottom right. I'm copying out relevant bit of the caption under a handkerchief vase for you.

"Pressed Wild Oak Handkerchief vase. Probably designed and produced in 1975, but when Bagley ceased making fancy glass in 1975, the moulds for Wild Oak were transferred to Rockware who produced it for a short period. 15cm(57/8in).
The centre of the base is impressed with a large White Rose, the symbol of Yorkshire."

The moulds being used in two different places might well account for the difference in the quality of the metal used.


So perhaps yours is Bagley - but I've only ever seen Rockware. 

[dinklepip]

OMG Bagley.....absolutely NOT one I would have even thought of.  Thanks so much

[chopin-liszt]

 


Your first pic shows the glass as a bit greeny-yellow... 

[dinklepip]

things look different on everyone's computer screen.  Can assure you it's as clear as a bell

[chopin-liszt]

I've seen some fairly opaque bells in my time... 

I'm glad I did mention the colour though, it got us straight to the nub of what we ae discussing, and we now know there is probably a very good reason for there being different colours of metal used, and it is good to discover yours is most likely to be Bagley rather than Rockware.

I have handled a fair few of these, always being interested in the making and design and quality of the pressing - and then put off buying because I don't like the colour.

I do believe you!