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Lustrousstone:
I don't normally go for cut glass but this one caught my eye with its vertical and diagonal cuts. 8 inches tall, star cut (16) base, plenty of base wear, lovely clarity, colour and weight. Chamfered top edges, inside and out. Any ideas as to who and when please. Click to zoom

josordoni:
Interesting that you mention chamfered edges on the rim - I have always tended to back away from chamfering, assuming it meant that the dealer had had the piece reground.

Is it also used legitimately on some vases?

Lustrousstone:
I would say so in this case, it's extremely well done and fire-polished. It came from a local hospice charity shop and I suspect it came from the original owner straight to the shop. It's on an estate with a lot of elderly people.

nigel benson:
Hello,

I don't understand the second comment about the vase being fire-finished, surely that would mean the rim should have been rounded by flame?

Although it is not easy to tell the detail from photos, the work to the rim appears to be original with a cut and polished top having narrow chamfering either side to prevent chipping to the edge. The vase also appears to have been acid polished as the cutting seems less crisp than when finished by hand, ie not 'sharp' to touch - if anything slightly rounded on the edge of the cuts forming the pattern and indeed the rim. Would that be the case? If so, in my experience this would date the vase later as hand cutting and finishing has become far too expensive for most companies.

Presumably there is no acid etched factory mark to the base?

Nigel

Lustrousstone:
The fire polishing remark is my ignorance, it's acid polished. I didn't realise fire polishing was for pressed glass not cut as well. The chamfering is certainly original

I can't see a mark anywhere. Any idea of date please

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