Topic: Help Identifying Maker Cased Drip Vase

[JenHawkesworth]

   Hi, I was hoping that you'd be able to help me identify the maker of the following vase, one of my favourites!
   It measures approx. 30cms tall and features a white inner casing, with a pink outer layer, swirled with a huge variety of other colours.
Many thanks!

[JenHawkesworth]

A couple of other shots:

[glassobsessed]

Is it very heavy and thick walled?

John

[chopin-liszt]

  My question too. I'm a little nervous of saying contemporary Chinese, because I have a large stripey vase this shape, which is Tarnowiec from Poland. I've had it a good few years, it came from TKMaxx.
However, it isn't the most exclusive of shapes.

I'd really want to see and feel this in reality, to compare them.

Jen, does it do anything weird - like smell a bit vinegary and have a funny greasy feel if you leave it sitting for ages?
Are there any bits of frit or bubbles in the glass that really shouldn't be there? Is it lumpy and bumpy with surface striations, or smooth?

[JenHawkesworth]

Hi, thanks for your replies!

The vase weighs just over 2.7kgs, though is not particularly thick walled. Most of the weight is held in the base. The thickest part of the vase(excluding the the base) would be the rim, where the white casing appears to have been folded outwards, leaving a small lip which has then been filled by the transparent layer.

It doesn't seem to smell of vinegar or feel at all greasy
There are many smaller bubbles under the surface, with a couple of larger ones, though I could only find one visible piece of grit.
It does have surface striations though these are quite subtle.

Also, though I'm not sure if this is particularly helpful, having looked at the vase again, the transparent pink layer of glass, which on the outside contains the drips of color, extends to the interior, in effect covering all of the vase.

Thanks again!

[chopin-liszt]

I'm tending towards contemporary Chinese more than Poland. The colours would suggest that, as would the striations, bubbles etc.
Absolutely nothing wrong with a nice bit of contempoary Chinese glass - a nice bit of glass is always a nice bit of glass. It might not be worth very much, but you can use it without worrying too much about it.

I use my Tarowiec one as a waste paper bin.