Topic: Art Nouveau vase identification

[bfg]

just to add to this thread, I thought the style, finish and colours in my vase were similar although reversed to the OP.

I had always had this down as Bohemian and possibly Harrach too although trawling my books and web has never found a comparable one

any thoughts?

Mel

[flying free]

I think so too.  I'll try and get a look through my books later and see if there is a shape match there for either of them.
m

[bfg]

thanks m 

[Ivo]

so what about Sèvres then?

[flying free]

Ivo, I had thought of Sevres as well - but I remember looking up your vase and finding absolutely nothing on it. Nothing anywhere.  And I think the colours of your vase would lean more to French but the colours of this could be either do you think?
Also that rim?  cut and bevelled and polished - would that fit with a Sevres piece - I've seen the wide straight sided bowls that I think have that rim,  so maybe it would?
m

[keith]

Another relative maybe,an old one this,Boulton And Mills was suggested and then rejected if I remember right,

[brucebanner]

I have two clear glass examples of very similar vases and both are Stourbridge pieces. If i had picked these two vases you have posted in local charity shops car boots or flea market's i would sell these on as Stourbridge pieces, thats the problem there is not much info on this type of glass, but this begs the question, why do these pieces turn up so often around where i live, why on earth would they be importing glass into one of the most prolific glass making area's in the world where millions of tons of the stuff was being exported every year? lovely vases by the way.

[keith]

Glass seems to travel well,this one I got from near W'ton but one I picked up from Lye recently,which looked Bohemian turned out to be American so.....?

[flying free]

I'm probably totally wrong but its just that cut and polished rim doesn't sit right with me for being English.  I've always felt this and made a point of looking at every vase in the Broadfield House when I was there last year and couldn't spot one piece with a cut and polished rim.  However Glassobsessed (John) posted a pretty vase a few months ago with that type of rim and Mervyn Gulliver iirc told him it was English and I think by Stevens and Williams??? I was surprised.
So yes, I'm probably totally wrong 
m

[brucebanner]

I know, look at these two, the crazy looking vase is by Stevens and williams dated 1886 registration number rd55693, the other was sold to me also as a Stevens and Williams small world is it not.