Topic: Large olive green 'fish' vase for id, please.

[keith]

Any thoughts ? 

[chopin-liszt]

I had several, but decided I shouldn't keep carping on about it or we'll get cafe-d again.

However, I do think the style of the fish should be investigated. They are a bit different to most and really quite complex. The style is really rather distinctive.

[keith]

I thought that also, I've been searching through various Scandi factories and makers from Stromberg to Kosta but nothing similar 

[chopin-liszt]

What they remind me of is decorative oriental fish. Specifically the rather kitsch ones drawn by Disney in the original Fantasia film, being rather seductive during some Tchaikowski.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWKKJwBXir4
I think I might be thinking in a more Bohemian direction.
(And it's not just reverting to my youth in my old age, although I'm working on that too.  )

[keith]

I suppose I should look further afield or should that be over seas 

[chopin-liszt]

I haven't an ocean.

[ahremck]

Keith - ignore the fish for a moment - they could have been added later for instance.  Does the vase itself have a base - can we get a photo?  Does it look like a maker you recognise?  Is it rippled?  If so can we get a shot straight down from the top?

[keith]

Flat base with large polished pontil mark, the rim is smooth and rounded, no ribs or ripples but it does have 3-4 small marks that are difficult to describe like someone put a hook in the glass while soft and pulled it up, I'll have to take my camera round and get a decent picture. It screams 'Scandi' to me, I'll be back with proper pic's later