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Author Topic: If it AIn't - it Ain't  (Read 3344 times)

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Offline ardy

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If it AIn't - it Ain't
« on: November 27, 2020, 08:42:39 PM »
Since my last great A.S. find, https://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,69670.0.html
I got a bit excited and bought this piece. On arrival it is OK but it sure ain't Seguso and certainly not Archimede Seguso.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/VINTAGE-ITALIAN-SEGUSO-RUBY-RED-WITH-GOLD-INCLUSIONS-ART-GLASS-BOWL-VASE-/293805885225?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=E34PW8l0GYVq1I2eiD3Rp2Kn47E%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc
Not sure who made it and it is OK as an ornament but it will go if my ex partner doesn't want it as a Christmas gift!
There are pinch marks at the ends of the bowl that would not be there with any good maker, there is an inconsistency in the looped edges that I should have picked up from the photo's but all in all, not badly made and I didn't spend a lot of money on it.
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Re: If it AIn't - it Ain't
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2020, 05:55:01 PM »
But, as always with glass, it is what it is.  ;)
A very nice, decorative and fairly competent bowl.
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Re: If it AIn't - it Ain't
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2020, 01:05:46 AM »
True Sue but I must do better than this. My ex is picking up a whole lot of 2nd rate glass that she likes, still there must be a limit!
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Re: If it AIn't - it Ain't
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2020, 05:02:08 PM »
Study the photographs several times over, is all I can suggest.

Peering at the bowl carefully, I can see that the pillowy effects on the rim are a bit crude.
But that could have been an artifact of the light.

It's strange how one stunning success can lead you to hope for another... when the odds are completely against you.
I find I always automatically look at the same spot as I found a treasure in before, hope surging in my heart.  ::)
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Re: If it AIn't - it Ain't
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2020, 12:11:00 AM »
Sue there is a Chinese saying that refers to this madness:  'It's like a dog returning to a post a hare brained itself on expecting to get another one'
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Re: If it AIn't - it Ain't
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2020, 01:41:38 PM »
But lightening DOES strike twice in the same place.  ;D
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Re: If it AIn't - it Ain't
« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2020, 10:26:02 PM »
I have given up on waiting for long shots Sue. Chasing Archimede Seguso pieces without breaking the bank is a not a total long shot but it seems to be getting there. So little glass that is not rubbish or repro stuff.
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Re: If it AIn't - it Ain't
« Reply #7 on: December 18, 2020, 05:27:50 PM »
I just finally got hold of something I've been after for 20 years - it was worth the wait. It's a better example than the normal stuff, it's a far better colour, it's a really interesting trial thing and it isn't signed on the bottom, which is the way I like it. I know who made it.
And last year, again something very scarce turned up that I'd wanted for years and it was the best example ever found too.  ;D
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Re: If it AIn't - it Ain't
« Reply #8 on: December 24, 2020, 06:02:57 AM »
So Sue, don't keep us hanging pictures and descriptions, please?
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Re: If it AIn't - it Ain't
« Reply #9 on: December 24, 2020, 03:11:23 PM »
There is an image of the one other known example of my new bit, right at the bottom here.
IoWSG "British Museum", a trial bowl in purple.  ;D 8) ;D
http://iowstudioglass.wikidot.com/bm

I loved the design, but everything seemed to be paperweights or perfume bottles, everything was blue or gold. Waiting for ages, I ended up with NOT a paperweight  :) NOT a perfume bottle  :) :) and something different to my usual plethora of blues and golds.  :) :) :)
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