It surprised me to see that a few days of charity shop searching in 2019 could still provide glass of reasonable interest - these were collected over couple of weeks and for a total outlay of about £15 - though I always disliked the habit of people who said "look what I found for small beer" - it smacks of boastfulness, and now here am I doing the same, though all will go back to the charity shop shortly. Obviously the stuff is still out there.
Am sure everyone knows what most of these are, so no need to waste a ton of ink with details, other than to say ……………...
the only piece I know almost nothing about is the barrel-shaped optic ribbed green vase - I'd suggest late art deco in style, but beyond that no idea. It lacks a pontil scar/depression so possibly dip-moulded which was common in the thirties for producing this type of moulded effect - it doesn't respond to u.v. and lacks clear casing but has good base wear. Horizontal ribbing is seen on many pieces of pre 1940s glass and from some of the big makers, but this I'm almost certain will remain without an attribution. I'm a big fan of this kind of decorative effect and anything really with a connection to the deco period.
The 'Jacobean' bucket shaped vase has the mirror finish to the base, which those in the know suggest means a Czechoslovakian origin from Inwald, so perhaps we should refer to it as Schrotter's 'Lord' rather than Clayton Mayers choice of 'Jacobean'. Many of the nearly 300 different shapes can still be seen in charity shops and boot sales - everything from egg cups to the elusive and very rare table lamp - I've never seen this vase, if that's what it is, but mine is incomplete - there are internal supports moulded into the wall low down, so guess this one is missing a frog or support of some kind.
The Sommerso is unusually tall at 12 inches and in the typical deep green with pale amber outer - sorry the picture is worse than useless, but it's the square section design with more sharp edges than you can shake a stick at - so often these things have flea bites, but this one is perfect.
I can never see the appeal of the Rose Bowl, and yet apparently it remained popular and was included in several of the later ranges - how were you supposed to use it - perhaps only the head of the rose was cut and then laid on water - but it's boring in the extreme, and always makes me think of No. 2's seat in the Prisoner.
The piece of more interest is the almost gold/amber baluster shaped controlled bubble vase with Elwell's silver label - but did Nazeing make this one for Elwell? - it would have been the 1950s if it is 'right'. Unfortunately, Elwell used his labels - including the one shown here - on glass he bought from other makers, and according to Geoffrey Timberlake's book Elwell is known to have purchased from Graystan, W/Fs, T/Webb, Stuart plus some Czech. factories and likely from other sources. I can't find this shape or colour in Timberlake's book - I did wonder if it might have been from the Water Lily Suite which is certainly a 1950s collection and was a controlled bubble decorated line - but no particular reason for a real connection other than the bubbles. The piece has a quality polished pontil depression, and appears not to be clear cased.
Probably will never know it's origin, but if someone does have good info then it would be useful to know. It's about 6.5 inches tall (c. 165 mm). Quite a coincidence that potentially the first picture includes two pieces from Nazeing.
thanks for reading and sorry the post is probably too long, but thought these small beer purchases might show it's still worth getting out there and looking.
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