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Offline Stuart71

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Unidentified glass vase, any help please
« on: February 01, 2015, 03:58:38 PM »
Hi, I bought this thinking it might be old as it looked handmade with the scalloped edge being ground. It has a nice change of colour from Amber to cranberry and looks lovely in the light. The bobbles in the glass are on the inside.
Any ideas anyone
Thanks

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Offline Paul S.

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Re: Unidentified glass vase, any help please
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2015, 04:27:14 PM »
this waisted shape was quite common for amberina in the late C19, with ball optic-moulding and this sort of scalloped top rim.
this one doesn't look to be dark enough in the red area to be Mt. Washington, and they may not have ground/beveled their rims anyway.

Quite possibly Continental  -  but lets hope this will encourage the States people to give us the benefit of their experience. :)

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Re: Unidentified glass vase, any help please
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2015, 05:31:43 PM »
Stuart, whilst we're waiting for answers, you might care to read Sid's comments on page two of this link....
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,54217.msg307721.html#msg307721

not that it will help with attribution for your piece, but his knowledge of real amberina is far more sound than mine, and it might help you to understand a bit more of this distinctive type of glass.      You might also use the Board's search facility  -  there will be a lot to read on your type of glass.

As to Ken's comments about 'flashing', there is a need to be careful here, as from memory the States people use that word to mean something different to us Europeans  -  as he explained to us recently :)

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