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Mdina or MDG?

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chasdevlin:
Hi

I bought a small lot of Mdina the other day. One of the vases though was cased in glass that had a peach colour base which I'd not seen in Mdina. I read on here that MDG would use glass of an amber type colour, however the examples posted had gone. Furthermore on the same thread ( I should've bookmarked it!) it was stated that they often had dull type bases. The vase is just over 7 and a half inches in height.
So is this vase an example of MDG? I'm grateful for any opinions..thanks.

glassobsessed:
Can we have some more photos showing the pattern around the vase and another showing the colour of the glass at the base? For the base the camera lens needs to be directly in line so we can see from side to side.

John

chopin-liszt:
One of the "shows" for MDG is that the base is not actually flat, but has very, very shallow gouges - like a miniature battutto effect.

chasdevlin:
Thanks Sue and Paul.
The base doesn't fit that description, it's flat and slightly frosted.
Adding more photos which hopefully will be more illuminating.

chopin-liszt:
Shift the base around in the light a bit to see if the surface really is completely flat. I can't tell from those pics.
I did have a bit of MDG for years that I hadn't noticed the battutto thing on - it is very shallow.
I have not yet seen a bit of MDG with a fully flat base. This could be a first though, because the rest of it looks so right.  ???

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