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Author Topic: Victorian or Chinese 60's glass swan help please.  (Read 585 times)

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Offline brucebanner

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Victorian or Chinese 60's glass swan help please.
« on: February 24, 2014, 10:01:56 AM »
Here is a little bit of glass that has me confused, when i picked it up i thought it was Victorian, the glass has lots of bits within it and the neck is similar to a few Victorian bits i have i think there called "celery" handles but i'm not 100% sure, then i found another bit both local to where i live with even more white and black seeds with the same style handles as the swans neck a real dirty piece of glass. The swan has only very slight wear to the tips of the feet and the vase ground down edges with a broken pontil,

The swan is 6 1/4 inches in height and the vase 6 1/2 inches in height.


No idea where these were made any idea's regards Chris.
Chris Parry

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Re: Victorian or Chinese 60's glass swan help please.
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2014, 10:47:19 AM »
Are the handles, feet etc. uranium glass?

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Re: Victorian or Chinese 60's glass swan help please.
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2014, 01:22:56 PM »
I would hazard a guess at Venetian glass... there is an awful lot of detail in these pieces and the swan is very well made IMO. 
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Re: Victorian or Chinese 60's glass swan help please.
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2014, 01:37:46 PM »
No there not uranium glass but the base of both have a slight green luminescence when you shine a UV torch through them like Paul mentioned in a previous post, i'll put some more pictures of the bits and base of the vase.
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