Topic: Small blue jug with bubbles and flecks— id help please

[Scott13]

   Hi,
   It’s small —7.5cm ( 3”) high and weighs 250gm.
 
  It’s full of bubbles and white flecks, the latter look like froth filled bubbles to me ........

  Has spiral ribbing—from the use of a dip mould perhaps?

  It has a snapped-off pontil mark

  Its base shows considerable wear.

  I suppose it could be described as ‘ rustic’ , its handle certainly looks a bit wonky to me, otherwise it looks ok.

Do you think it could be Victorian—perhaps the sort of thing that could have been bought for very little, at say a
country fair..........

Any thoughts appreciated—thanks for looking 

Scott

[NevB]

It somehow doesn't look Victorian, more 1930's-60's. I'd guess that it's European possibly Italian or French.

[Scott13]

  Hi NevB,
  I can see I’m going to have to widen my search now 

  The main reason I thought that it might possibly
 be Victorian was because of its wrythen decoration—I’ve always associated it with 19th c or earlier British.
For all I know it could have been just as popular in mainland Europe, I’ll have to find out now.
My gut feeling is telling me that it’s probably going to end up in the anon. cupboard 

Many thanks for your reply—much appreciated.
 
   Scott

[Scott13]

   Do you think that its height, which is exactly 3” as opposed to its metric equivalent which is actually 7.61cm
   makes it more likely that it’s British.
   Just a thought 

[NevB]

It might be but being hand blown I don't think any two would be exactly the same, they might vary anywhere between 7 and 8cm.

[cagney]

Mexican glassware. Typical in the quality of the glass, the handle treatment and pattern molding disappearing the closer to the pontil you get. I have seen a lot of this type of ware as I live in California, USA and we share a border. Colors range from almost every shade of aqua to ambers, amethyst and blue. This type of Mexican glassware goes back to at least the 1930's as documented by Ruth Webb Lee in her 1938 book "Fakes and Reproductions". It is believed this type of ware pre dates the 1930's and some may be quite recent.

[Scott13]

  Hi NevB
  Of course what you’ve said is absolutely right.
   It’ll teach me to keep any idle thoughts to myself in future 

   Hi Cagney
   Many thanks for identifying my jug — I have to admit Mexico never crossed my mind.
   Dating it is going to be tricky—although its got a lot of base wear hence thinking that it could be Victorian, I know
   base wear can be a very unreliable indicator of age.
   So it’s going to have be old-ish.

     Scott