Topic: Info on my metal mounted blue white (jewelled?) vase please? Thanks

[Ivo]

I'm not happy about speculation about function. Most likely it s a piece of Sèvres or Choisy trom the end of the 19th century, and no one can convince me of party lights. Hat pin cushion with cushion missing, or even hair brush holder are more probable. But unless the item is described in a factory catalogue with a proper description, we only have the glass itself and the mounting as leads.

[Anne]

Chriss, this has been dingling in the back of my mind and today I remembered why...  there are similarly decorated perfume bottles in an article by Petr Novy which attributes them to Franz Josef Vater and Co, Jablonec, Czechoslovakia.  It states, "Glass for export company Hugo Dahm in Jablonec nad Nisou was supplied by the refinery Franz Josef Vater & Co., Josefův Důl. Pressed glass with relief decoration, metal fitting, jewellery stones" So this is definitely an area to look into. Here's the link to the article:
http://www.prazskagalerie.cz/en/news/from-editorial/luxury-for-everyone-chapters-from-history-and-present-of-art-crystalware-4

[chriss]

Hi I've heard back from Senior Rabbi Danny (thank you for your help) who has shown images to two of his Rabbinic Coleagues (his words), non of them are convinced that it may be a Havdalah Candle Holder, I haven't got a clue, and although he said he was not an expert in Judaica, I would have thought they would have been pretty clued up because of his background, I think that rules that particular item out
Thanks for the info everyone, it gives me something to look into.

I don't know where there are any good databases or catalogues about French Glass such as Sevres or Choisy which I know nothing about and when trying to find more about Sevres and Choisy Glass but I keep finding examples of Sevres Choisy Le Roi Opalescent Glass items so are the two names seperate companies please? I can see the metal mounts of the facetted and/or etched glass (mainly perfume bottles) have very similar metal decoration and mounts, but I can find nothing similar in those links or google searches of the names within the links showing similar glass to the blue/white marble decor, do I focus on the metal mounts and stone first or the glass or a comination of the two please?

I can find decor similar to the overall look of my glass (with both the decor and mounts/jewelled or similar decoration) when I have looked at some marmoriertes or marbled glass items

http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/64732-marmoriertes-glass--loetz-and-others

Page from googleggroups loetzandglass

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Thanks again for your help Chriss 

[chriss]

Hi I thought I would add an update to this I took this glass to the glass fair yesterday, and a dealer selling mainly Loetz and Kralik glass told me it was French, yet a dealer selling a lot of French glass said it was Bohemian? :/ There was a dealer opposite him though, selling a small bowl with an identical mount re pierced metal pattern and blue jewelled detail though the glass was not mottled and was more a solid pale blue and was a small symmetrical bowl. He said his bowl and my vase where either Ferdinand or Benedict Poschinger. In my wisdom I forgot to ask him if I could take a photo for here though  

[Ivo]

http://www.poschinger.de/

You can always ask. They're a really friendly and helpful lot.

[chriss]

Thanks for the link I will check it out Yes I found everyone I spoke to really approachable and helpful, this was my first glass fair, and I learnt loads and am very pleased that I made the effort to go this time I would have asked, but asking for photos totally slipped my mind I went armed with 4 pieces of glass that I wanted info about and by the time I had taken my lump of a WMF Ikora to show Nigel Benson, I had given up the ghost so decided to go home instead :/ I'm hoping the same guy will be at the fair in November and will still have that piece of glass as I can do a re-run armed with my camera and on a mission