Topic: Small Vasart for show.

[keith]

13.5 cm across and 5 cm high, marked to the base, would some kind person put a date to this please,

[orangeglass]

Hi Keith,

As it is signed it will date between 1946-1956, I'm not sure what shape it is (need a side on view really) but you could look on Ysartglass.com to see if you can find it there, but not all the shapes are shown.

Roberta

[keith]

Thanks Roberta, I'll have a look,

[chopin-liszt]

I was wondering if it might be one of the "saucers" that go under the fruit bowls in the fruit sets.

[keith]

Side shot, closest I can see is 'BO18' ?

[orangeglass]

No, it's not that - doesn't appear to be on the site but there are quite a few that aren't.
It could well be part of a fruit / dessert set -  it's about the right size.

Roberta

[chopin-liszt]

But it's not. 
It's too deep for a saucer and the wrong shape for the fruit bowl. The fruit bowls are rounded in the body, swelling up from a narrow base, not flared out.

[orangeglass]

A posh bowl for the cat?? 

It's small saucer size, but as you say too deep for a saucer.

it's not really fancy enough just to be a display bowl, so what is it?   

must admit not a shape I've seen before.
Roberta

[orangeglass]

Okay, just had a look at some of my bowls - I have some plainer ones that are just "little bowls" for putting odds and ends in, so that's probably what it is! 

Roberta

[keith]

Don't have a cat, would a Chihuahua do ?