Topic: Whitefrirs Dartington Mdina ? Multi faceted 1960s Kingfisher blue vase

[melbryan]

I have just bought this cased glass blown vase with ground out pontil approx 11" tall it has a seaweed green swirl, brickwork type hand faceted blasted. Cannot find it anywhere. Help please. Please excuse the colour cast it is kingfisher blue.

[Paul S.]

hi - welcome to the GMB      

Regret to say I don't recognize your vase - although hope someone might know its origin.      Not all glass is 'findable', in the sense that the internet has a picture of every piece ever made - had it occurred to  you that this might not in fact be by any of the three names you mention  -  a lot of blue glass is made throughout Europe.
W/Fs did produce a 'Kingfisher blue', although don't believe the other two houses did - but have a feeling this piece isn't from W/Fs.........     we have folk here who will know for sure, but in the meantime you might try the W/Fs. on line catalogue.

Date wise this might be later than 1960's

Try this recent link  ....   http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,59276.msg335282.html#msg335282
where Anne (Mod) discussed what looks to be a similar surface finish to yours, which is called battuto (or hammered effect.

best of luck.

[johnphilip]

I had a very large Dartington studio vase with a battuto panel . it also had a label .

[Paul S.]

and they did of course do a kingfisher blue, as I should have remembered        So label only then John and no backstamp.

[chopin-liszt]

It is absolutely not Mdina.
There is a lot of very good quality contemporary Batutto work coming from both India and Germany just now, which can often be purchased very cheaply from TKMaxx.

[melbryan]

Thank you everyone. It is definitely Battuto, and is also hand made, each section you can see the grinding marks. As it has some age, plenty of foot wear I can presume it is Murano but not Venini. Unless anyone knows better of course.

[Lustrousstone]

Battuto has to be handmade because of its very nature.

I can presume it is Murano

That's a bit of a leap of faith. What's it based on?

[melbryan]

Well, I have ruled out Whitefriars as I have been through their catalogue, and what people have told me and what I have read from other threads Murano is the most likely. I have found an identiclal but red example on another thread and someone suggests it is Murano despite the ground pontil. I have been non stop searching the web and books to no other avail.

[Lustrousstone]

Numerous glass makers use/used the batutto technique, but it was never going to be Whitefriars because they didn't. I'm assuming you mean unpolished when you say ground pontil mark

[johnphilip]

Yes Paul label only .