Topic: Unusual, Isle of Wight..ish glass vase, Help Please

[davidfish1212]

Hi All,

I bought this wee vase the other day, more for curiosity value than anything else. It feels pretty rough on the outside, unpolished, the inside feels and looks polished. Holding it up to the light its only in places that you can see through it except at the neck. It looks, to me, a bit like the Azurene decoration with the gold towards the bottom of the vase and at the neck. The pontil scar has been tidied up on the base. Hard to explain, pictures will help you understand what I'm trying to describe...I hope.
Thanks in advance for any help.

Cheers, David

[chopin-liszt]

Hi David,
I believe you have a bit of Charlie Meaker.

He did train at IoWSG for a while.

He ended up as Manager of a studio in Denmark, I believe.
I've done a wee google, and a lot came up in which designers had had their work executed by Charlie.
It would also appear that he sadly died in 2011.

http://www.invaluable.com/catalog/viewLot.cfm?afRedir=true&lotRef=e1f1411b8e&scp=c&ri=1111

[davidfish1212]

Sue, thanks for the quick reply, I will have a ' google ' tomorrow, the vase in your link looks spot on ( and a lot more interesting ) to the wee vase I have. As usual, your knowledge knows no limits!!
Cheers, David

[chopin-liszt]

Not really, David.
I have a massive vase, bought it years and years ago, because I liked it. I did my own wee bit of research then, so he's somebody whose work I do now recognise.

I like silver reacting with glass, so anything which I recognise as being a silver and glass reaction, catches my attention.