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

[Pinkspoons]

I strongly suspect it came over in a Chinese shipping container within the last 5 years. The battuto cutting is rudimentary, and the base appears to be quite rough.

That said, Whitefriars did experiment with battuto in the 1970s. I've had an otherwise boring green 9571 vase decorated densely with hundreds of very small polished battuto cuts - it looked ridiculously stunning.

[melbryan]

Thank you for the response, I have been able to trace the vase back to the 60/70s as well as the footwear and layers of paint splatters I have removed with consecutive redecorations. I have seen another in red ,the same red as Dartington used. It has been suggested it could be part of their "innovative" range.

[Lustrousstone]

Dartington production is extremely well documented for the Frank Thrower period 1967-1987 and there is nothing like this from then. I would also expect the cutting to be better quality and the base properly finished.

[chopin-liszt]

The Dartington range mentioned is called "Innovate". It came after the (very expensive to produce, using top quality materials and emulating much older styles) and short-lived "Studio" range.
It's really very recent.

there's a thread I found here;
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,38062.0/nowap.html

and this link shows a few bits of Innovate
http://www.chinaetc.co.uk/dartington/innovate.asp

I'm afraid I'm still convinced the OP's piece is far eastern and very recent, not neccessarily China, quite possibly India, for Battutto.

It's perfectly feasible for a recent bit of glass to succeed in getting spots of paint all over it and it doesn't take that long for dirt or scratches to accummulate. It all depends on what happened to it and how well it is looked after.

[Pinkspoons]

The bulk of the battuto of this ilk that I've seen in department/discount shops has been of Chinese origin - but Indian wouldn't be terribly surprising.