Topic: ID help please

[artemisia]

A lovely piece of art deco opalescent? white swirl glass 20cm high with a ground pontil to base..Any thoughts appreciated

[Paul S.]

Hi - welcome to the GMB            I hate to be picky on your first outing, but are we really sure the colouring on this one isn't simply opaque white glass  -  does this vase, for example, produce the opalescent (sunset glow) when held to a strong light - I can't see that effect in your picture ?      I think the folk here also like to see a picture of the underside of glass - the type of pontil depression can be of help, sometimes.

You may well be correct with your description of art deco  -  an artistic style rather than indicating that something dates specifically to c. 1920 - 1940  -  will leave others to comment on that.

Anyway an attractive and useful piece.

[Greg.]

Welcome. Quite tricky to tell from the photos, could possibly be a cloudy white lattice vase by Whitefriars, circa 20s-30s.

Could you kindly add a base shot please?

[artemisia]

Hi yes the glass has sunset glow and a has a bluish tinge.. thank you for your help. I have attached a pic of base

[Greg.]

Thank you for adding a base shot.

There are quite a few examples of Whitefriars cloudy white lattice glass shown in the below Glass Association PDF link, which may help when comparing....(hope the link works)

http://www.glassassociation.org.uk/sites/default/files/WEBSITE%20GALLERY%20Whitefriars%20Cloudy%20White%20Lattice%20Glass.pdf

[artemisia]

many thanks we have  looked through the whitefriars book and at the shapes on the page and think it could well be... many thanks it has been sat on the shelf puzzling us for a number of years