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Help me Identify This TEXTURED Tree Trunk Vase
svazzo:
Thanks everybody for the comments!
I guess like Terry from Iowa said "...the mystery deepens."
On the "sandblasted" comment....
I think it would be extremely difficult to sandblast the piece while it is cooling without it changing the shape, or having pieces of sand be inbeded inside.
I would tend to agree with Adam, that if the piece was sandblasted, it was the mold itself, not the piece.
Going in a different direction with this...
I had mentioned the texture as "machine made" at first, and I still think this could be the case.... Does anyone know if Glass itself was worked in the same way that enamels and metal were etched for decoration? I know i have seen in the Antiques Road Show (US and UK) pieces of enamel, silver, gold, and metal-work finely etched, both manually and by machine. Mostly done for background decoration on enamels and clock faces....
Could this have been done to the mold of my vase?
I dont know how well the Glass industry and the Metal-work industries worked with each other during the turn of the century (1800-1950), so Im putting it out there.
Javier
paradisetrader:
Javier
Are the white areas flash bounce or is it actually smoother on ridges and protrusions ?
Making the mold must have been something of an art form in itself !
A thought - an actual piece of material severely rouched within a basic form to make an initial wax mold - then a metal mold by lost wax. These very very very fine lines were in the weave of the material ?
Still doesnt explain the roughness I dont think ...or does it ? If the wax penetrated the weave to such and extent then tiny ridges ?.
....hmmmm
or would such minute detail be lost along with the wax ?
er am I going anywhere with this ? Help !
svazzo:
Hello Peter,
I really do not know myself if a wax casting could have such fine detail in order to then be produced into a metal mold. Maybe someone else can answer that for us.
On the ridges, it is smoother on the high ridges, or better said, the long collumns of the vase, but only towards the middle of the vase.
That made me think that it is actually older, and was smoothed down from handling. Either that or it was smoothed out by the maker for a greater contrast to the piece. You can see that better on the 3rd photo I posted of the vase. The large detail is from the top of the vase, and any white in that is glare.
Javier
Anonymous:
Moulds are (typically) cast iron. After machining, any finish one likes can be imposed on them by a man with a suitable set of hand tools and the necessary skills!!
Adam D.
svazzo:
Thank you Adam for that information!
In your opinion, it is more likely the mold was sandblasted like you stated before, or that is was etched by hand?
Javier
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