Topic: English or French ? Victorian uranium custard glass

[Sendhandfran]

An unusual shaped vase with a fleshy pink colour inside.
Ground polished pontil.
Think its British but the person who gave it to me has always believed it to be French.

[Sendhandfran]

Oops forgot the photos..

[Paul S.]

nice piece.          is the casing actually pinkish, or is it really pale cream but just looks pink due to the interior colour?             What if any is the extend of wear on the feet.
This decorative pillared effect does occur in Gulliver, so not unknown as British, although that doesn't mean it couldn't be Continental.
Date wise these things are usually described as c. 1880.

[Sendhandfran]

Hi Paul,
Thanks:)
I thought it safe to say Victorian for this one.
Its hard to collect just Victorian glass, i think I'll have to expand my interest to pre WW1.
The outsides cream, only the inside is pink.
Its an odd flesh colour pink, I've not seen another one in this colour or shape.
The feet are chipped and its had a repair.
It belonged to my mother in law, it was her fathers & he was French, which is why she's always believed it to be French.

[Sendhandfran]

Paul, may i ask whats 'Gulliver', i read it earlier, thought they were referring to Gullivers Travels :-S

[Lustrousstone]

Gulliver, Victorian Decorative Glass: British Design 1850-1914. A must have, though it doesn't have that many confirmed IDs and there are a few errors.

Could be English; could be Bohemian, but not French

[Paul S.]

Morning Fran  -  there are several copies on Abe Books at the moment, but regret it isn't going to be a cheap buy  -  best deal I can see is £40 post free - but it's a good investment and a quality produced volume.
Nothing else quite like it for descriptions of this sort of coloured Victorian decorative glass - very useful and as Christine says probably essential for this type of glass.

the colour of your piece matches Gulliver's description of 'a pale cream over a pale ruby'  -  the Victorians were very keen on opals/creams cased over ruby of some shade. 

best of luck with changing the boundaries of your collecting - hope you have some substantial amounts of space

[Bernard C]

Come to the National on 11th May - see http://www.glassfairs.co.uk/, and you will be able to get Mervyn Gulliver to sign your book.   Nigel Benson will be standing, and other authors are often there.   These two (and all the best stands) are in Hall 2.

It's a big fair so try to get there around opening time, 10.30, if you've not been before.   There's a lot to see.

Bernard C. 

[Sendhandfran]

Thanks everyone.
So its definitely not French, I'll have to let mum in law know:)
I guess its most likely English.
Thanks for the info about Gullivers, sounds like a must have book, i know what to ask for my birthday:)