Topic: IOWSG Summer Fruits - Goldberry variant / derivative ?

[Scott13]

Hi,
I can't place this one  - the nearest I can get is Summer Fruits Goldberry.
However, compared with a Goldberry vase which I've got, it's more delicate - thinner walled, and could perhaps be described as a little more refined  !? It's also got a broken pontil mark.

It isn't marked in any way - so presumably that precludes it from being one of IOWSG Museum
pieces.

It looks new-ish - its label was used from 1996 - 2014  with perhaps a bit of carryover.

It's 10.5cm (about 4") high
Has a 14cm (5.5") diam
550gm weight

Any thoughts welcome-thanks for looking 

Scott

[Scott13]

Perhaps a better photo !

[chopin-liszt]

I would suspect an experimental piece or from the glassmakers' shelf.
It has some features in common with Undercliff too.
It's nice.

[Scott13]

Hi Sue, yes I think you're right, and yes I can see what you mean re the Undercliff collection.
If I had to name mine,I think I'd call it Underwater !
It reminds me a bit of Jonathan Harris's work..................
Whoever made it, I think it's great 

Scott

[chopin-liszt]

I was speculating that it might be an experimental Autumn Undercliff.
Autumn colours and the "leaves" on the ground. 
There is Day, Night and Winter officially, although Winter is hen's teeth.
I'd say a lot more scarce and interesting than "any old Summer Fruits".

[Scott13]

Hmm, interesting idea, never thought of fallen leaves and Autumnal colours  - could be

A really stunning abstract design though - glass art at its best.
And of course that's an unbiased opinion 

Can't understand why it seemingly never went into production ?

Scott

[chopin-liszt]

It's more work intensive than many other ranges and would be correspondingly more expensive. The company made more from "bread and butter" pieces. They kept a very close eye on profits and when it came to work intensive things, kept the production numbers low and changed the design of items frequently to keep them collectable.

I think they very much used the Moorcroft model/system. It's one that works.

[Scott13]

Just an idle thought, but do you think mine could be the forerunner of Jonathan Harris's
' Wilderness ' 

Scott

[Greg.]

Interesting example.

Here are a few pics of a likely experimental Goldberry bowl with similar base finish...

[chopin-liszt]

Very alike indeed. Especially with the unusual button on the base.
I still think it's going to just be experimental.
It's also not as complex as Undercliff, really, I was merely being romantic and speculating. I gathered this was a keeper, I wasn't offering advice or information for bigging it up for selling!

Many of the designs are highly related to each other, it only takes a few tweaks and a new design can arise. In this, the strands are at the top and the splodgy coloured bits are at the bottom, that makes it completely diferent to splodgy coloured bits all over with strands inbetween, (as in summer fruits) or splodgy bits at the top and the strands underneath - as it is when taken into Undercliff (with a few extra features too, it has a gold and silver foil base and branches between the trunk strands, unless it's Night, which is entirely made from iridescent bits.)
Variations on a theme.