Topic: Is this a Whitefriars? ID = Alsterfors

[Smitty]

I bought this vase with other glass items on impulse on a online auction thinking that there was chance that this piece could be a Whitefriars Pattern 9243 .  To my disappointment when I received  the vase I found that it measures 11.75ins in height and not the 10.5ins I expected with that pattern  Whitefriars. The ball at the base too seemed wrong,  not round but segmented. Any ideas as to what  this vase  is would be must appreciated.

[Anne E.B.]

It isn't Whitefriars. More likely to be Alsterfors, Sweden.

[Smitty]

Thanks Anne for your response and of course you are spot on. Yes this is an  Alsterfors. I'm so embarrassed to have had to ask.
Thanks again.

[Anne E.B.]

Please don't ever feel embarrassed to ask. 

[chopin-liszt]

Absolutely not - it is quite similar to a WFs design.
It's just the shape and placement of the knop that is different. And now you know.

[Smitty]

Thanks both of you for your words of support. It is what makes this a Forum such a pleasure to visit.
By way of an excuse on my part the base of the vase was hidden in the auction house picture. I like to think I would have realised it was not Whitefriars if it had been visible. As they say that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it .

[Anne E.B.]

I actually prefer the Alsterfors ones to the WF. ones. 

[KevinH]

I have updated the thread title to include the ID for Alsterfors.

But could some kind person please add a link to a known example as my general searches have not found one!

[Anne]

Christine has a similar one in this topic http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,13337.0.html

[KevinH]

OK thanks Anne, It'll do for me.

But I wonder why I could find no similar ones on a general google search