Topic: Help ID: Art glass vase, iridescent surface, lionhead and prunts applications.

[kocoma]

Maybe anyone can help me with identification?
Art glass vase, iridescent surface, lionhead and prunts applications.

https://kocomablog.wordpress.com/2017/02/06/studio-art-glass-vase-iridescent-surface-lionhead-and-prunts-applications/

[chopin-liszt]

Your title gave me the answer, but the image confirmed it, even without seeing the lion's heads.
Stevens and Williams, "Caerleon".
Lovely. 

[keith]

Didn't know it came in that colour or pattern, I'd have gone with Webb 'bronze' at first glance, oh so much to learn 

[KevinH]

I would like to add an "ID=" extension to the thread title but ...

To some extent I agree with Keith that maybe Webb "bronze" is closer. However, I am not sure about the surface treatment of kocoma's vase. I have only one example of Webb "bronze" and it does not have any "pitting", just the usual "stretch marks" on the surface iridescence. Does any version of Webb "bronze" have "pitting"?

Do we yet have any definite information or clear pictures of S&W and Webb versions of "lion prunts / masks"? Searching the Board finds a few threads but little confirmation. And google seems to find nothing of certainty.

[chopin-liszt]

I've seen Caerleon in different colours, from pale to dark, it was the mention of the prunts in combination with a pitted irisedcent surface that made me swoop so dramatically.
I've dug out Lesley Jackson's 20th Century factory glass, there are 3 images of paler stuff there, (p196) and a prunt is shown, but it doesn't actually look very lion-y. It appears to have three oval blobs in it. 

The Caerleon I have handled has been thick and heavy glass.

Can we see a photo of your lion prunts, please?

[chopin-liszt]

I've just checked Hadjamach, 20th century. On p110, there is an image of two of the 3 pieces shown in Lesley Jackson.
The image of the prunt is clearer, because the picture is bigger.
The three oval blobs do turn into a lion's (or monkey's!) head, when you see them enlarged like this. There does not appear to be any mane to help.