Topic: Art Glass identification for newbie please

[chrisd58]

A recent acquisition, this small squat vase has no labels or identification marks, so it is perhaps a big ask that someone might recognise it and assist in identifying it. Diameter approx 5" and height 3".
Thank you for looking and any contributions/advice.

Chris

[kwqd]

This may actually be an oil lamp, not a vase. It may be missing  the wick holder. I have an oil lamp which is very similar. Try searching for similar oil lamps.

[chrisd58]

Thank you. I had wondered about it being a candleholder but not considered an oil lamp - I suppose I expected a handle of some sort. Do you think it's handblown/handmade or just a mass produced item? The machined rim made me think the former but now I'm not so sure. Thanks again for you comment.

[kwqd]

Hand blown and mass produced are not mutually exclusive. I do think it is hand blown. Both mass produced and small lot or unique studio pieces commonly have ground surfaces. Here are a couple of images of a roughly similar oil lamp made by Roger Vines that were pretty widely produced. Also a link to an ebay auction which shows another one with a wick in it and a third example on Collectors Weekly. A little more work was done on these to give them a small pedestal base.


https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1993-Roger-Vines-Art-Glass-Blue-Iridescent-Oil-Lamp-Signed-and-Dated/254052799985?hash=item3b26ba15f1:g:01YAAOSwGINal9Uw:rk:2:pf:0

https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/190033-roger-vines-art-glass-oil-lamp

[chopin-liszt]

The design on the piece looks very like one from Mtarfa, but I suspect the neck has had an accident and been cut down. Mtarfa should have heat finished rims.

[kwqd]

Here is a link to some information about Mtarfa Glass and some examples.

https://www.20thcenturyglass.com/glass_encyclopedia/maltese_glass/mtarfa_glass.htm


Is the bottom on your piece ground flat? Can't tell from you image.

[chopin-liszt]

There is only one example of this colourway on that site, a cylinder and it's not the most typical of pieces.
They are normally busier, and they do have splodges. While many Mtarfa bits are ground to a satinated (not polished) sort of flat, some may end up with different styles, depending on the shape of the piece in question.

(eta) I've found some pics of the bit I have.

[Anne]

I'm wondering if it might just be an atomiser base without its fitting/bulb?  I have a couple with similar necks both without their fittings. A Royal Brierley Studio one here https://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,48299.0.html and the (probably Chinese) unmarked one below.  The RB one is 4" diameter and the unknown one a little smaller at 3½" diameter.