Topic: Purple vase with 4 windows

[Ben.unwin]

I'm stuck with this vase, its purple in colour but you can only tell this when held in the light.
It has 4 clear windows so you can see through the vase to the other side.
Any help welcome as I have no idea about it

[glassobsessed]

Is that gold and silver leaf on the surface?

John

[Ben.unwin]

I don't believe so as the texture isn't smooth
Ben

[glassobsessed]

Sure looks like gold and silver leaf...

Some examples of gold and silver leaf used on the surface on this page: http://iowstudioglass.wikidot.com/azurene

[Ben.unwin]

I think you may be on to something there!
It didn't occur to me that this could be IOW due to design
Any ideas of age, designer and value?

[chopin-liszt]

I don't think it is actually Isle of Wight Studio Glass, not unless it's something from the maker's shelves, or an experimental/trial thing, but it could be related - via a glassmaker who trained there for example, that's if it dates back to the early '70s. If later, which it could well be, I think the technique for applying the foils had become much more widespread.
Gold foil isn't a problem, but Silver is - it was Michael Harris and William Walker who had worked together on getting that right for the Azurene range.

[orangeglass]

It does look similar to the IOW stuff but I'm not the expert on that!
I just wondered how big it is - I've seen similar type of "window" things in candle/tealight holders - do the windows magnify at all?

[Ben.unwin]

It's around 9.5 cm in height and the same in diameter.
The windows do magnify instead of being clear glass