Topic: Clear and blue/white opaline cased glass

[bat20]

Hi ,great to be out again hunting.I think this piece is late 19c vaseline glass,two questions the obvious anyone know a maker ,and secondly would it have had a frog ?thanks .

[chopin-liszt]

Is there any wear inside where a frog would have been placed?
Personally, I would suspect not.
What a lovely and interesting find for your first time out. 

[NevB]

I think I'd call it clear and blue/white opaline cased glass. Looks like one of the Stourbridge makers and I think your date is about right.

[chopin-liszt]

It doesn't look like white opaline to me, Nev. It looks more uranium and opalescent over blue, cased in clear. 

[bat20]

Here’s some more photos,It has a quality ring to it if that helps any....can’t find my torch !

[bat20]

The Pontil is Matt rather than shiny

[chopin-liszt]

If the colour is correct there, it DOES look like white opaline.
Nev might have been seeing it better than I did.

[NevB]

I can't work out if the clear is on the outside or inside. If the pontil is matt I assume the opaline is on the outside.

[bat20]

I really don’t know enough about the craft but I’m thinking the white was the main body then the inside cased in blue followed by the rim and inside in clears glass ?.Add to that the enamelling being hand painted !, a lot of work I would say .Got to find my torch I still think it may glow ?

[chopin-liszt]

Casings go over the initial gather. The first gather would have been blue (if that is the layer inside) then the white or opalescent layer, finally the clear, would be the most logical way to have done this.
It's built up from the first gather, like onion rings.