Topic: Interesting Studio Glass Vase Unsigned????

[BRADBURY7308]

This is a nice lump of glass very much in the studio glass taste, The main body is a very attractive amethyst/blue base colour with some nice swirls in colours very similar to the mdina colours green/white etc... The base is unusual it has a small broken pontil mark about 3/4" across. The vase itself is just under 6" tall and 5" at widest. There isnt much wear to the base. Plenty of air bubbles in glass the top hole is approx 1.5" wide. I feel this has some quality and a good weight  but havent the faintest idea who or where it was made hopefully someone has?? Thanks for taking a look...

[ahremck]

How about a photo of the base please?

Ross

[chopin-liszt]

I'm really confused by this. The amethyst colour seems right for Mdina, the shape could be an early "playing around" one that didn't end up in general production; it's not inconsistent with the output.

But I don't think it is. The silver chloride effects just don't look right, not for surface decor.

But if it's an early "playing around" one, who knows?
I like it. But I'd need to get my mitts on it before saying anything more.

[Ivo]

could also be Hebron glass of course.

[BRADBURY7308]

I have taken a few extra pictures and some with a early mdina amethyst bottle also for comparison very similar indeed the amethyst colour...

[BRADBURY7308]

My pictures have been cleaned up a bit and brightened with adobe photoshop

[chopin-liszt]

Is that a snapped off pontil mark on the unknown bit, or has it been heat finished to smooth it off in a little roundy-shaped bit?
I'm still really unsure if it might be Mdina, but my guts feel not. It seems too finely blown, especially around the bottom, and I'm still not happy with the silver chloride effects.
I do think Ivo's suggestion of Hebron should be pursued.

Is there any good age-related wear to the base?
Sometimes, if it is very fine because the piece only has a tiny thin edge on which it actually sits, age-related wear to that is much more easily found with a fingernail than the eye.

[BRADBURY7308]

It is a bit of a mystery one sorry, The base is marked with a rough scar quite small just over an inch wide not very sharp though. The thickness of the glass is suprisingly similar actually and weight wise it does feel like mdina to me whether thats because you saw the similarities im not sure, When the two are in situ it looks preety right sadly your not here to see im sure you would be able to have it id yes or no quite quickly. The bottoms are very similar in construction on these two pieces ive shown.

[chopin-liszt]

It would be interesting to compare the base with the base of one of John's "flattened" early experimental inside-outs, it's hard to work out what differences have ocurred because of the differences in shape...
(I don't have a flattened inside-out.)

[BRADBURY7308]

I sold a vase this exact shape but smaller a few months back which was isle of wight signed by michael harris but it was much smaller in size, Im not convinced either for what its worth but it has som much similarities mdina/iow pieces its crazy...