Topic: Signed vaseline swirled glass goblet shaped piece....

[briana5125]

Hi all

Does anyone recognise this vintage goblet shaped piece of glass

good weight and great quality , hand blown , rough pontil , it has a Vaseline / Opaline swirl  running through it.

the base is signed and dated 1977

any idea's?

[Lustrousstone]

Your photos need to be bigger; you have 125kb per photo not per post, and four photos per post. They also need to be against plain backgrounds so we can see the details please

[chopin-liszt]

hi, could you also please wipe a little talcum powder or cornflour over the signature, wipe the excess off with your thumb, and retake the photo?
The talc brings the mark out.
Looking at the goblet, I was wondering if it might be George Elliot, but I can't see the signature well enough to work out if that's what it might say. 

This isn't "vaseline" glass. "Vaseline" glass is an american term which tends to cover most Uranium glass, although strictly speaking, it should be a mixture of both opalescent and uranium glass - like the Davidson Pearline.
Opalescent glass has a "fire" inside it when held up to the light - like Lalique stuff. It's not just another term for milky glass, which would be opaline.

I think your goblet has coloured enamels - in an opaline and a yellow as well as others, and from the look of the base, it probably has some silver salts in it, which would be doing all sorts of different coloured effects, hazy blues, yellows, ochres and possibly silvery blue deposits on the outside.

A sheet of plain A4 paper is fine for a background.

You will find a whole load of techie tips for posting images (you just need to find the right set of instructions for your own systems) and other info about the board, here.

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[brucebanner]

I have a George Elliott wine glass somewhere, a little bit similar, the signature is easy to read though?.

[chopin-liszt]

My goblet is signed George Elliot Bewdley 1973 August England; and has an anchor mark.
The writing is very small and neat - I did have to go and get a better pair of glasses to read "August". His signature can vary. I have seen other bits where the writing is bigger than it is on my goblet.

I really just want to be able to see what is written on the base, a lot better. 

[brucebanner]

I did not see your first reply Sue we must have overlapped ish, I have tried to bid on the last few George Elliott pieces on Ebay and the signatures do vary.

[briana5125]

Hi all

Thank you and i will try and get some clearer photo's

the signature looks a bit like '' w thorn??? 1977 ''

or something

[chopin-liszt]

It certainly looks like a nice bit of reasonably early studio glass.
I'm very curious about it, studio glass being my "thing".

I want to be able to id this one. 

[briana5125]

Here is a few more pics....dont know if they are any better???

[briana5125]

another base pic.....very difficult