Topic: maker of unsignd iridescent glass bowl

[guest14107]

Hi, anyone recognise this unsigned piece of glass? its only 15cm approx across.

[guest14107]

Hi confirmed as WMF Myra glass cheers

[BlueOctopus]

Hello, maybe you don‘t like me any more, but I don‘t think it is Myra .
1. the Blue is to expressive , Myra is more delicat
2. I have 4 Myra vases, they are all lighter , this seems quite heavy
3. and this I think the best argument, in not one  of the catalogues from 1928-1951 I could find a model where the rim goes down like this, 

This kind of glass was also made by Joska, Eisch and Poschinger, I Soulsängers think this is Joska, unfortunately not so old
Monika

[guest14107]

Hi thank you for your reply, confirmed as Myra by two independent glass specialist retailers at the international antiques fair this last weekend cheers xxx

[glassobsessed]

I doubt very much this is WMF Myra, as Monika has already pointed out the glass is way too thick and heavy for Myra, I would expect it to be thin and delicate.

John

[catshome]

I can see why Monika and John raised questions about the attribution of this piece, and perhaps it warrants a bit more digging to be sure.  It's always more difficult from photographs.  Did the people at the fair handle your piece Athena?

There is another with the same profile attributed to WMF Myra in the link below, with a slightly more convincing colourway but 20cm diameter

https://auction.catawiki.com/kavels/8257323-wmf-myra-art-deco-iridescent-glass-vase

If it was my piece, I wouldn't feel satisfied yet.

[flying free]

Cat I can't see the difference between the op's blue vase and the one you've linked to.


They look the same design to me. 

I can see that the blue one is cased in clear. I wonder if this is a later iteration of the gold version? but still WMF.

In fact,checking the later photographs,the gold one is also cased in clear.

Are neither WMF Myra? or are they both WMF Myra?

Either way, they are the same maker and design I think.  But whether they are WMF remains to be seen.

I shall go and find the book and have a look

m

[flying free]

I have made a look through the book and cannot see anything at all in this form.

I know this also because I have a large vase with a similar ish rim and have been searching WMF for this rim for a long time.  But I have looked through all the pattern catalogue photographs quite thoroughly and unless I have missed one, then it is not there. Also that blue colour is not one I would associate with WMF.

m

[chopin-liszt]

I don't think even the iridesence looks right for Myra - it's too glittery and bitty and almost jig-sawed at the edges.
And Myra is thin, the sort of thing that is more easily mistaken for Tiffany.

I really suspect it is quite recent.

[flying free]

For some reason that cobalt blue always reminds me of Polish glass.  I don't know why.
Fairly recent Polish might be a possibility for these?  They are well made but they do look more recent production.

Also yes, that stretch iridescent rim reminds me of American stretch glass that been stuck up (I have a uranium glass bowl where the crackle stretch looks very similar to these). So the base not right (polished pontil mark) but the stretch iridescent effect is very similar.


m