Topic: Blue and silver leaf small vase help please.

[brucebanner]

Another i have drawn a blank on, the nearest i can find is the new Isle of wight glass company, but this has some wear to the base, it looks reasonably well made with a polished pontil.

It's 2 1/2 inches in height and 3 inches in width.

[Lustrousstone]

Could be Stevens and Williams or Webb; they used silver leaf

[brucebanner]

Thanks Christine i appreciate the help.

[brucebanner]

There is a small vase similar in Mervyn Gulliver page 170, i never even thought for one minute it could be Victorian.

[flying free]

Interesting the way the silver is in stripes - is it faintly ribbed vertically on the inside when you run your hands over it?
Very pretty.
m

[Lustrousstone]

More likely that the leaf was applied in strips

[flying free]

yes  that is probably true 

m

[Ivo]

Silver - like gold - is applied in the shape of a thin film which is laid out on the marver or is applied directly from the booklet. The subsequent blowing out determines how the foil cracks and spreads. This is quite a hectic operation and there is no room for cutting silver to strips or draping them elegantly. The film is extremely thin and fragile, if you touch it with your fingers it will crumple. A fine brush is used to transfer the film onto the marver.
https://www.goldleafsupplies.co.uk/acatalog/Genuine_Loose_Silver_Leaf.html

[Lustrousstone]

I know, my father in law used such stuff for sign writing and I think I still have a metal leaf booklet somewhere. What we don't know is what sizes silver leaf was supplied in in the late 19th C. The vase doesn't look ribbed, hence my suggestion for the regular vertical striping. Strips could be laid out on the marver.

[brucebanner]

The outer surface has bumps all the around while the inner surface has tiny raised bumps that match the outer bumps, especially where the silver is thick there are no regular lines i can feel.