Topic: Revivalist glass vase

[ian the sculptor]

Hi Paul,

Yes, I agree, attribution without anything more to go on is not possible, that's why I used "more inclined" - nothing positive, just leaning more in that direction.

The photos are taken by camera and adjusted with Photoshop on my Mac, but when I post, it just says it's forbidden. Never had a problem before.

Ian

[Paul S.]

just a suggestion, but if you'd like send a couple to me I'll do best to upload for you.

[ian the sculptor]

Photo of my lamp

[ian the sculptor]

Used the i-pad which got round the problem of the photo. You'll notice the same side decoration as on JOK's vase.
Ian

[glassobsessed]

Both the vase and lamp base have the look of 1920s Murano to me, I can not find the designs in any of my books but they are a very long way from being comprehensive.

A couple of questions:
Is the green vase a single blown vessel and not two pieces joined?
Is each arc of the handle a separate piece of glass? It looks like they are, I suspect this is not typical, hopefully it might be useful.

John

[ian the sculptor]

I can see where you're coming from, John - shades of Zechin Martinuzzi in there.
With regard to the lamp, I can't find any point that suggests individual loops. It appears to be one continuous piece of glass that's looped and pressed into the body of the lamp as it tapers up to the top.

Ian

[glassobsessed]

Good, more comfortable with a single piece, multiple sections did seem to be an anomaly. The single transparent colour is reminiscent of Vittorio Zecchin as well, what does not fit though with Zecchin's designs is the thickish foot that your lamp and the vase both have. Maybe made by another company in a similar style.

[JOK]

The lampbase is definitely by the same manufacturer/designer. But yes it is quite heavy glass with a thick foot and the pontil is quite well polished, also a lot of wear on the base, so I would think the age is pre 1940/50s maybe. The body walls are about 5mm thick, so much heavier than Zecchin glass I think.

[Anne]

If anyone is experiencing problems uploading please feel free to email me copies of your images and I'll add them to your post for you. support @ glassmessages.com will reach me (close up the spaces of course).