Topic: Whitefriars Murano bud vase

[#grant#]

Hi

I have tried researching this bud vase I've come up with whitefriars murano caithness.? Its a lovely purple with clear glass it measures a fraction over 8 3/4" - 22.3 cms it heavy and a thick cut top the glass edged is different in measuring between 4mm 5mm I'm guessing its possibly 1960's

Any ideas would be great

[glassobsessed]

Caithness looks likely. Definitely not Whitefriars.

John

[Anne]

Does the lilac colour change to a blue under some different types of light, Grant?

[#grant#]

Thanks for your reply

No it stays the same colour

[#grant#]

As you can see it's a dark purple at the base then gently fades to the lighter purple I've measured it again at 8 3/4" the weight is 865g

[Anne]

OK, so it's not neodymium glass then.  It could well be Caithness - similar shape here in the postcard attached in blue. It's worth a browse through the Scotlandsglass pages on Caithness.  http://www.scotlandsglass.co.uk/

[#grant#]

I can see similar vases just the height of caithness are smaller.?

[The Glass Staircase]

if the rim is thick cut and the base polished flat then yeah it's caithness

[#grant#]

Thank you for your confirmation. The height was a puzzle, but I did see on another caithness wedsite that the sizes varied. After all being hand blown they would be individual.

Another question is if it's a 1960's piece or an 80's.?

[Lustrousstone]

Being handblown doesn't mean there would be that much variation in size. These are all measured with calipers to be within a much closer range. It just means there was a different size.