Topic: unidentified glue chip vase

[glassobsessed]

The 'four pedestal' base is interesting - I have seen similar coming out of China in recent years but the rest of the vase knocks that possibility well into the long grass.

[2*pleese*u]

Dear Glass obsessed, Thanks for your insight! I too think this was made by a skilled artisan. It is interesting to note that the pattern created by the glue chip process is unlike the pattern of many glue chip vases I have seen that are Kralik and associated with Pierre D' Avesn. I personally think this is an item made in france and not bohemian but Of course, I have no proof of that yet. Michael.

[2*pleese*u]

I'm ancient, the '80s were just yesterday.
Age-related wear can appear quite quickly on a piece that is moved around a lot, especially on crystal as it is soft.
Unfortuanately, there is not a great deal known about the masses of good quality glass produced in Poland over the last 20 odd years or so. They've just been busily making good quality glass, much of which was sold as "Krosno" but that is a very large land area where glassmaking takes place. We know almost nothing of the actual manufacturers and now, it's sold under a generic importing business called LSA.

Dear chopin-liszt, I really do not believe for a New York minute this is Polish and or Krosno. The talent displayed in the workmanship is far far from the talent if you could say that about the firm of krosno. I also believe if this were Polish or Chinese there would be far more of these made and easier to research.

[2*pleese*u]

Interesting vase, I don't remember seeing anything like it before. Could you add your photos to this topic? They will be a permanent reference then.

John

Dear John, I am still getting comfortable with this site and how to navigate it. I just uploaded the Irfanview tool, Now I just need to figure out how to use it to reduce my photos.

[2*pleese*u]

Michael, we have lots of helpful info in the HELP forum, including several on how to create images to fit our size limits. Check this one out to start with: http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,6522.0.html

Dear Anne, I did try to upload the photos I had but ran into a glitch on my computer. I did however down load the Irfanview tool and need to figure out how to impliment the use of it to reduce the size of my photos...I am working on it! Warm Regards Michael.

[David E]

Just before you save the image (as a JPG), then adjust the JPEG compression to about 80%. That helps reduce the filesize. Reducing the size to less than 800 pixels on the longest side is necessary as well. If the eventual file is still above the 125KB limit, then decrease the compression a little.